Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11539 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fainedfeigned

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

Puritas changed it: 1,785 times in 774 works
Consistency: 98.6% (1,785 of 1,809)
Reach if approved: ~1,901 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: feigned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,809 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,785 changes in 774 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,785)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… impunity from men, whe… we offend them, and hope by gifts, friends, flatteries, and fainedfeigned ſubmiſſion to aſſwage their diſpleaſure, or it may bee when Gods faithfull ſervants diſcover …
With rule
… impunity from men, whe… we offend them, and hope by gifts, friends, flatteries, and fainedfeigned ſubmiſſion to aſſwage their diſpleaſure, or it may bee when Gods faithfull ſervants diſcover …
Robert Jenison · Newcastles Call to Her Neighbor and Sister Towns · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee may not make the signe of the Crosse, because one of Valentinus his fainedfeigned Aeons was called Crosse, by the same reason wee may not make any bound …
With rule
… wee may not make the signe of the Crosse, because one of Valentinus his fainedfeigned Aeons was called Crosse, by the same reason wee may not make any bound …
Daniel Featley · Learned Decisions · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Legate of the Apoſtolike Sea, doe denounce thée William Sawtry, otherwiſe called Chawtris, Chaplaine fainedfeigned, in the habite and apparell of a Prieſt, as an heretike, and as one …
With rule
… Legate of the Apoſtolike Sea, doe denounce thée William Sawtry, otherwiſe called Chawtris, Chaplaine fainedfeigned, in the habite and apparell of a Prieſt, as an heretike, and as one …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 297 · Open in the reader
Printed
… witnesseth, de baptis. of a Priest of Asia, that was conuicted & confessed, that he fainedfeigned for the loue of Paule, a writing vnto Tecla, in which many absurd things …
With rule
… witnesseth, de baptis. of a Priest of Asia, that was conuicted & confessed, that he fainedfeigned for the loue of Paule, a writing vnto Tecla, in which many absurd things …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 263 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Amesbary, when Queene Alinor the wife of King Henry, 3. Lay there; a man that fainedfeigned himselfe to haue beene long blind, came to her, and told her that he …
With rule
… Amesbary, when Queene Alinor the wife of King Henry, 3. Lay there; a man that fainedfeigned himselfe to haue beene long blind, came to her, and told her that he …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 151 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for Saturne, as ſayth Scultetus, Quena Poetae proprios fingunt deuoraſſe filios: whom the Poets fainedfeigned to haue deuoured his owne children.
With rule
… for Saturne, as ſayth Scultetus, Quena Poetae proprios fingunt deuoraſſe filios: whom the Poets fainedfeigned to haue deuoured his owne children.
Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heart is called an heart deuided, and the whole heart is oppoſed to a fainedfeigned and hypocriticall heart; as the Lord complaineth by his Prophet, Iudah hath not returned …
With rule
… heart is called an heart deuided, and the whole heart is oppoſed to a fainedfeigned and hypocriticall heart; as the Lord complaineth by his Prophet, Iudah hath not returned …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 105 · Open in the reader
Printed
… added to diſcover the diſtinct nature of this love and joy, from all the fainedfeigned love and joy, that all carnall and hypocriticall wretches pretend to have to Ieſus …
With rule
… added to diſcover the diſtinct nature of this love and joy, from all the fainedfeigned love and joy, that all carnall and hypocriticall wretches pretend to have to Ieſus …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 183 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

20 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 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
… away: their over hot zeale ſoone ſlaketh, and their charity in time waxeth cold. FainedFeigned things, ſaith the Oratour, like bloſſomes ſoone fall, or are blowne away with a …
With rule
… away: their over hot zeale ſoone ſlaketh, and their charity in time waxeth cold. FainedFeigned things, ſaith the Oratour, like bloſſomes ſoone fall, or are blowne away with a …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 315 · Open in the reader

The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net A00602

Printed
… of diuerse false-hoods of the Protestant Relator, you reserue not in your minde, FainedFeigned by me, or deuised by me, to saue my credit, and promote the Catholique …
With rule
… of diuerse false-hoods of the Protestant Relator, you reserue not in your minde, FainedFeigned by me, or deuised by me, to saue my credit, and promote the Catholique …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 6 · Open in the reader

A Reformed Catholic A09453

Printed
… Christ, God and man, the Mediatour of mankinde: but hath transformed him into a FainedFeigned Christ. And I shew it thus. For one Iesus Christ, in all things like …
With rule
… Christ, God and man, the Mediatour of mankinde: but hath transformed him into a FainedFeigned Christ. And I shew it thus. For one Iesus Christ, in all things like …
William Perkins · A Reformed Catholic · p. 338 · Open in the reader

A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered A13078

Printed
… to Princes; but scoffe them also; and that fiue speciall wayes: Pretext of loue: FainedFeigned limitations of the vse of their power: Futile and idle Distinctions: The baite of …
With rule
… to Princes; but scoffe them also; and that fiue speciall wayes: Pretext of loue: FainedFeigned limitations of the vse of their power: Futile and idle Distinctions: The baite of …
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 78 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Christian Religion 2 A14216

Printed
… is tempered with ſimplicity & faireneſſe of mind or conditions. The extremes of ſimplicitie are, FainedFeigned ſimplicitie, and Doubleneſſe in manners and conuerſation.
With rule
… is tempered with ſimplicity & faireneſſe of mind or conditions. The extremes of ſimplicitie are, FainedFeigned ſimplicitie, and Doubleneſſe in manners and conuerſation.
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 996 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Similes A18271

Printed
FainedFeigned Friends.
With rule
FainedFeigned Friends.
Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 299 · Open in the reader

The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God A20720

Printed
FainedFeigned lips, the desire and intent of the heart, not agreeing with the words of …
With rule
FainedFeigned lips, the desire and intent of the heart, not agreeing with the words of …
George Downame · The Duties Commanded and Sins Forbidden in the Law of God · Open in the reader

Lectures on the 25th Psalm A20736

Printed
… sinnes: for as Augustine sayth, Simulata aequitas est duplex iniquitas; quia & iniquitas est, & simulatio: FainedFeigned equitie is double iniquity; both because it is iniquiti…, and because it is …aining …
With rule
… sinnes: for as Augustine sayth, Simulata aequitas est duplex iniquitas; quia & iniquitas est, & simulatio: FainedFeigned equitie is double iniquity; both because it is iniquiti…, and because it is …aining …
George Downame · Lectures on the 25th Psalm · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Divine Characters in Two Parts A35147

Printed
In the Praying Hypocrite, and the FainedFeigned Lover, he hath wronged our Author yet more, by obtruding thoſe as perfect draughts …
With rule
In the Praying Hypocrite, and the FainedFeigned Lover, he hath wronged our Author yet more, by obtruding thoſe as perfect draughts …
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · Open in the reader

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
V. 2. the time that the LORDS house should be built] FainedFeigned excuses of the Jews, who were negligent in the reedifying of the Temple; as …
With rule
V. 2. the time that the LORDS house should be built] FainedFeigned excuses of the Jews, who were negligent in the reedifying of the Temple; as …
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

Commentary on the Minor Prophets A63068

Printed
… Civil Law, Ficta pro factis non habentur: nec videtur fieri quod non legitimc ſit. FainedFeigned ſervice is loſt labour: neither is that done to any purpoſe, that is not …
With rule
… Civil Law, Ficta pro factis non habentur: nec videtur fieri quod non legitimc ſit. FainedFeigned ſervice is loſt labour: neither is that done to any purpoſe, that is not …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Be ye active, and voluntaries in your ſorrows for ſinne. Virtus nolentium nulla eſt; FainedFeigned and forced grief is nothing worth. Judas grieved, confeſſed, reſtored, and yet miſcarried. He …
With rule
… Be ye active, and voluntaries in your ſorrows for ſinne. Virtus nolentium nulla eſt; FainedFeigned and forced grief is nothing worth. Judas grieved, confeſſed, reſtored, and yet miſcarried. He …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Minor Prophets · p. 198 · Open in the reader

Things Worth Thinking on A64835

Printed
… of the worſt of ſinners, and will have one of the worſt of puniſhments. FainedFeigned ſanctity is double iniquity; and he like the Firſt-born and Eldeſt Son of …
With rule
… of the worſt of ſinners, and will have one of the worſt of puniſhments. FainedFeigned ſanctity is double iniquity; and he like the Firſt-born and Eldeſt Son of …
Ralph Venning · Things Worth Thinking on · p. 7 · Open in the reader

A Key into the Language of America A66450

Printed
FainedFeigned Inventions will not bide such stormes:
With rule
FainedFeigned Inventions will not bide such stormes:
Roger Williams · A Key into the Language of America · p. 185 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
FainedFeigned lips]
With rule
FainedFeigned lips]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 208 · Open in the reader
Printed
FainedFeigned words]
With rule
FainedFeigned words]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 208 · Open in the reader

The Valley of Vision A86450

Printed
FainedFeigned
With rule
FainedFeigned
Richard Holdsworth · The Valley of Vision · Open in the reader

The Hypocrite Discovered and Cured A94758

Printed
Ch. 18. Other particulars. The fourth. FainedFeigned humility The fift. Polluted chaſtity. The ſixt. Holy deſires counterfeited. The ſeventh. Pretended hatred …
With rule
Ch. 18. Other particulars. The fourth. FainedFeigned humility The fift. Polluted chaſtity. The ſixt. Holy deſires counterfeited. The ſeventh. Pretended hatred …
Samuel Torshell · The Hypocrite Discovered and Cured · Open in the reader
Printed
CHAP. XVIII. The ſixth Symptome continued under other heads. The fourth. FainedFeigned Humility. The fifth. Polluted chastity. The ſixth. Holy deſires counterfeited. The ſeventh. Pretend hatred …
With rule
CHAP. XVIII. The ſixth Symptome continued under other heads. The fourth. FainedFeigned Humility. The fifth. Polluted chastity. The ſixth. Holy deſires counterfeited. The ſeventh. Pretend hatred …
Samuel Torshell · The Hypocrite Discovered and Cured · p. 65 · Open in the reader

The Cure of Misprision A97246

Printed
FainedFeigned hearts, Jer. 3. 10. Pro. 11▪ 20. Falſe hearts▪ Jer. 5. 23. Deceitful hearts, Jer. 17. 9. Devided hearts, Hoſea 10. 2. Double hearts …
With rule
FainedFeigned hearts, Jer. 3. 10. Pro. 11▪ 20. Falſe hearts▪ Jer. 5. 23. Deceitful hearts, Jer. 17. 9. Devided hearts, Hoſea 10. 2. Double hearts …
Richard Younge · The Cure of Misprision · p. 24 · Open in the reader