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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11531 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

chearecheer

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it
920 times in 427 works
Consistency
97.2% (920 of 946)
Reach if approved
~994 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: cheer
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
946 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (920 changes in 427 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 920)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … haue a voice to checke thee. Yea labour on the contrary, to fortifie and chearecheer it vp with the ſweet teſtimonie of vprightneſſe and integritie: So ſhall it be …
    With rule
    … haue a voice to checke thee. Yea labour on the contrary, to fortifie and chearecheer it vp with the ſweet teſtimonie of vprightneſſe and integritie: So ſhall it be …

    William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 42 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Good chearecheer, good wine, and wanton Venus game,
    With rule
    Good chearecheer, good wine, and wanton Venus game,

    Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 421 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Therfore we may be of good chearecheer, & nede not feare the losse of our lyfe, nor his commyng to Iudgemēt, which …
    With rule
    Therfore we may be of good chearecheer, & nede not feare the losse of our lyfe, nor his commyng to Iudgemēt, which …

    Martin Luther · Sermon Concerning the Coming of our Savior · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … may grow full by deuotion. His arguments are weake or strong, according to his chearecheer; and he discourses best after dinner. Selfe-conceit swels him, and popular applause bursts …
    With rule
    … may grow full by deuotion. His arguments are weake or strong, according to his chearecheer; and he discourses best after dinner. Selfe-conceit swels him, and popular applause bursts …

    Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 50 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … bring our devotion in our guts, and to come to the Communion for Belly-chearecheer; like those that followed our Saviour, Iohn 6.26. Because they had eaten of the Loaves …
    With rule
    … bring our devotion in our guts, and to come to the Communion for Belly-chearecheer; like those that followed our Saviour, Iohn 6.26. Because they had eaten of the Loaves …

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 56 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … though not so well rellish'd: Indulgence is sweete, and you may thinke it better chearecheer; but you will not be so well after it. In these misiudging dayes, it …
    With rule
    … though not so well rellish'd: Indulgence is sweete, and you may thinke it better chearecheer; but you will not be so well after it. In these misiudging dayes, it …

    Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    By this may ye se, that somtyme we make mery chearecheer
    With rule
    By this may ye se, that somtyme we make mery chearecheer

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … would the ſanctification of a Chriſt pleaſe you? would the redemption of a Chriſt chearecheer you? you complaine your hearts are hard, and your ſinnes great, and your ſelves …
    With rule
    … would the ſanctification of a Chriſt pleaſe you? would the redemption of a Chriſt chearecheer you? you complaine your hearts are hard, and your ſinnes great, and your ſelves …

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Exaltation · p. 84 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture A00593

  • Printed
    … within the claſpes of eternall death; you have a Saviour borne to reſcue you. CheareCheer up your drouping and fainting ſpirits, all ye that feele the ſmart and anguiſh …
    With rule
    … within the claſpes of eternall death; you have a Saviour borne to reſcue you. CheareCheer up your drouping and fainting ſpirits, all ye that feele the ſmart and anguiſh …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 397 · Open in the reader

The Devils Banket Described A00888

  • Printed
    … to your considerations, verse 17. (supplying but the immediatly precedent word, Dixit) 1. The Inviter: 2. the CheareCheer. Solomon comes after, (as with Salt and Vinegar) and tels you 3. the Guests: 4. and …
    With rule
    … to your considerations, verse 17. (supplying but the immediatly precedent word, Dixit) 1. The Inviter: 2. the CheareCheer. Solomon comes after, (as with Salt and Vinegar) and tels you 3. the Guests: 4. and …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 5 · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites A02738

  • Printed
    CheareCheer now maye I make, & set cocke on the houpe.
    With rule
    CheareCheer now maye I make, & set cocke on the houpe.

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ A02749

  • Printed
    CheareCheer nowe maye I make, and set cocke on the houpe
    With rule
    CheareCheer nowe maye I make, and set cocke on the houpe

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning the Corruption of Laws of Nature Moses and Christ · Open in the reader

Songs of Zion A06194

  • Printed
    CheareCheer vp thy selfe deere loue I say
    With rule
    CheareCheer vp thy selfe deere loue I say

    William Loe · Songs of Zion · p. 138 · Open in the reader

The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness A13554

  • Printed
    … of Gods presence; how much more blessed shall that heart be, that entertaines himselfe? CheareCheer the Spirit in thy heart, and he will chearecheer thee. 3. Whosoever will vexe the …
    With rule
    … of Gods presence; how much more blessed shall that heart be, that entertaines himselfe? CheareCheer the Spirit in thy heart, and he will chearecheer thee. 3. Whosoever will vexe the …

    Thomas Taylor · The Progress of Saints to Full Holiness · p. 38 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

  • Printed
    Hee, oft conſumes at once, in Games or CheareCheer,
    With rule
    Hee, oft conſumes at once, in Games or CheareCheer,

    George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 224 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

  • Printed
    CheareCheer your heart; and glad it more,
    With rule
    CheareCheer your heart; and glad it more,

    George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

The Triumph of a True Christian Described A21269

  • Printed
    … at my hands? how ſhall I be able to anſwer him? Anſw. I anſwer. CheareCheer vp thy ſelfe, and know to thy comfort, if thou endeuour and ſet thy …
    With rule
    … at my hands? how ſhall I be able to anſwer him? Anſw. I anſwer. CheareCheer vp thy ſelfe, and know to thy comfort, if thou endeuour and ſet thy …

    Edward Elton · The Triumph of a True Christian Described · p. 284 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

  • Printed
    … with his cruel perſecutors, and clapt him on the ſhoulders, as it were, ſaying, CheareCheer up, Vincenti dab…, &c. Acts. 7.56. They alſo looked up to him, and were lightened …
    With rule
    … with his cruel perſecutors, and clapt him on the ſhoulders, as it were, ſaying, CheareCheer up, Vincenti dab…, &c. Acts. 7.56. They alſo looked up to him, and were lightened …

    John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The Saints Sure and Perpetual Guide A68954

  • Printed
    … God, appeares in Math. 22. and Luke 14. The glorious magnificence, and rich comforts of heavenly CheareCheer in the Houſe of God, are notably ſet out unto us there, by divers …
    With rule
    … God, appeares in Math. 22. and Luke 14. The glorious magnificence, and rich comforts of heavenly CheareCheer in the Houſe of God, are notably ſet out unto us there, by divers …

    Robert Bolton · The Saints Sure and Perpetual Guide · p. 56 · Open in the reader

A Reply to a Relation A69024

  • Printed
    … the Sea, never wants power to deliver his, when in most desperate straights. Mother, CheareCheer up. Not a haire of your head shall perish. The faithfull and True hath …
    With rule
    … the Sea, never wants power to deliver his, when in most desperate straights. Mother, CheareCheer up. Not a haire of your head shall perish. The faithfull and True hath …

    Henry Burton · A Reply to a Relation · Open in the reader

The Glorious Feast of the Gospel A93248

  • Printed
    Great is the CheareCheer at Goſpell-Feaſt. 8
    With rule
    Great is the CheareCheer at Goſpell-Feaſt. 8

    Richard Sibbes · The Glorious Feast of the Gospel · Open in the reader