Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11652 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

faynedfeigned

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

Puritas changed it: 758 times in 216 works
Consistency: 99.2% (758 of 764)
Reach if approved: ~803 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: feigned
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 764 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (758 changes in 216 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 758)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… purely kept without Idols or faynedfeigned Images: as though there be anye Images but faynedfeigned, and the worde Imago, euen in their owne Latine translation of the Bible, is …
With rule
… purely kept without Idols or faynedfeigned Images: as though there be anye Images but faynedfeigned, and the worde Imago, euen in their owne Latine translation of the Bible, is …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deſire of reuenge. Two whole yeares, hath this ſlie Courtier ſmothered his indignation, and faynedfeigned kindeneſſe; els his inuitation of Amnon in ſpeciall, had beene ſuſpected. Euen gallant Abſalom …
With rule
… deſire of reuenge. Two whole yeares, hath this ſlie Courtier ſmothered his indignation, and faynedfeigned kindeneſſe; els his inuitation of Amnon in ſpeciall, had beene ſuſpected. Euen gallant Abſalom …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 299 · Open in the reader
Printed
… voluptuouse wayes / by whom y^• verite shall be blasphemed. For couetousnesse shall they with faynedfeigned wordes make merchaundyse of you (saith he) but their iudgement is not farre of …
With rule
… voluptuouse wayes / by whom y^• verite shall be blasphemed. For couetousnesse shall they with faynedfeigned wordes make merchaundyse of you (saith he) but their iudgement is not farre of …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… properly the place of the damned only. Who ſurely though being a Poet, and faynedfeigned manie thinges, yet ſpake he familiarlie and after the vulgar vſe, alſo for the …
With rule
… properly the place of the damned only. Who ſurely though being a Poet, and faynedfeigned manie thinges, yet ſpake he familiarlie and after the vulgar vſe, alſo for the …
Henry Jacob · The Sufferings and Victory of Christ in the Work of Redemption · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… name and profession of Chryst without liuyng and conue…saciō accordynge th…rto, be faynedfeigned brethren, in feastes wyth Christen men to take parte of theyr good chere, vnclene …
With rule
… name and profession of Chryst without liuyng and conue…saciō accordynge th…rto, be faynedfeigned brethren, in feastes wyth Christen men to take parte of theyr good chere, vnclene …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader
Printed
… perceauing how no man is able to perfourme that is preſcribed. So y^e Stoikes faynedfeigned moſt fooliſhly a wyſe man without ſence, being themſelues greuous to all men. It …
With rule
… perceauing how no man is able to perfourme that is preſcribed. So y^e Stoikes faynedfeigned moſt fooliſhly a wyſe man without ſence, being themſelues greuous to all men. It …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… christen religion, yet shewed he hymselfe to be a man & very lyare, whan he faynedfeigned that the pay nes of the dyuels & of the damned should cease in time …
With rule
… christen religion, yet shewed he hymselfe to be a man & very lyare, whan he faynedfeigned that the pay nes of the dyuels & of the damned should cease in time …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader
Printed
… natiō, if all these things I say, shal yet seeme to you but colourable, faynedfeigned and vnworthy of credit: why do ye not w^t as good reason condemne for …
With rule
… natiō, if all these things I say, shal yet seeme to you but colourable, faynedfeigned and vnworthy of credit: why do ye not w^t as good reason condemne for …
John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance A05400

Printed
… or defend abhominable idolatrie agaynst the honor of God, and saluation of mens soules. FaynedFeigned flatterie to get and kéepethe fauor of man, shall not serue or saue manyfeste …
With rule
… or defend abhominable idolatrie agaynst the honor of God, and saluation of mens soules. FaynedFeigned flatterie to get and kéepethe fauor of man, shall not serue or saue manyfeste …
Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader

A New Pathway Unto Prayer A06909

Printed
… become to hym euen very syn. …. Gregory also saith. Simulata sanctitas est duplex iniquitas. FaynedFeigned holynes is double iniquite. To praye nothyng at al is iniquite & playne synne, but …
With rule
… become to hym euen very syn. …. Gregory also saith. Simulata sanctitas est duplex iniquitas. FaynedFeigned holynes is double iniquite. To praye nothyng at al is iniquite & playne synne, but …
Thomas Becon · A New Pathway Unto Prayer · Open in the reader

The Christian Disputations A14461

Printed
FaynedFeigned fable vppon the bittory of Lazarus. 27
With rule
FaynedFeigned fable vppon the bittory of Lazarus. 27
Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light A19294

Printed
… shall appeare in one and the same, both to resemble an Vnitie in this FaynedFeigned Deitie, As also to confirme the conceited Omnipotencie, and sufficiency thereof.
With rule
… shall appeare in one and the same, both to resemble an Vnitie in this FaynedFeigned Deitie, As also to confirme the conceited Omnipotencie, and sufficiency thereof.
Thomas Cooper · Satan Transformed Into an Angel of Light · p. 229 · Open in the reader

The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature A19295

Printed
… shall appeare in one and the same, both to resemble an Vnitie in this FaynedFeigned Deitie, As also to confirme the conceited Omnipotencie, and sufficiency thereof.
With rule
… shall appeare in one and the same, both to resemble an Vnitie in this FaynedFeigned Deitie, As also to confirme the conceited Omnipotencie, and sufficiency thereof.
Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 229 · Open in the reader