Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11688 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

inforcedenforced

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

Puritas changed it: 1,366 times in 730 works
Consistency: 98.7% (1,366 of 1,383)
Reach if approved: ~1,493 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: enforced
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,421 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,366 changes in 730 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,366)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… who could not ſave himſelfe from the accurſed tree. Indeed if he had beene inforcedenforced thus to die, if he had not laid downe his life of his owne …
With rule
… who could not ſave himſelfe from the accurſed tree. Indeed if he had beene inforcedenforced thus to die, if he had not laid downe his life of his owne …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thither to heare the fame by my parents, kinsmen, and acquaintance: nay I am inforcedenforced thither by the greatest authoritie, that vnder her Maiestie may cō maunde mee: Tell …
With rule
… thither to heare the fame by my parents, kinsmen, and acquaintance: nay I am inforcedenforced thither by the greatest authoritie, that vnder her Maiestie may cō maunde mee: Tell …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wherein any hope of contentment ſeemed to ſhew forth it ſelfe, is in concluſion inforcedenforced to retire backe againe to God, directing them all to him that deſire to …
With rule
… wherein any hope of contentment ſeemed to ſhew forth it ſelfe, is in concluſion inforcedenforced to retire backe againe to God, directing them all to him that deſire to …
Thomas Gataker · True Contentment in the Gain of Godliness · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… feare of iudgement, and vtter deſpaire of life in the conſcience, wee might bee inforcedenforced to flie to Chriſt for ſuccour and reliefe in this diſtreſſed eſtate, and that …
With rule
… feare of iudgement, and vtter deſpaire of life in the conſcience, wee might bee inforcedenforced to flie to Chriſt for ſuccour and reliefe in this diſtreſſed eſtate, and that …
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · Open in the reader
Printed
… you would seeme to proue. Your argument is verie weake, your conclusion cannot bee inforcedenforced vpon such slender premisses. The malignitie of the Papists is most apparant by their …
With rule
… you would seeme to proue. Your argument is verie weake, your conclusion cannot bee inforcedenforced vpon such slender premisses. The malignitie of the Papists is most apparant by their …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the …tate of grace, or remaine ſtill in his naturall condition. This doctrine is inforcedenforced from the precept here given, Luke 10.20. Rejoyce that your names are written in heaven …
With rule
… the …tate of grace, or remaine ſtill in his naturall condition. This doctrine is inforcedenforced from the precept here given, Luke 10.20. Rejoyce that your names are written in heaven …
Thomas Hooker · The Christians Two Chief Lessons · p. 204 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the deuill, and that fre consent of man to rebelliō, whose will was neither inforcedenforced neither yet by any violence of gods purpose compelled to consent, but he of …
With rule
… the deuill, and that fre consent of man to rebelliō, whose will was neither inforcedenforced neither yet by any violence of gods purpose compelled to consent, but he of …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vpon a reuiew, that in the principall points of difference betwixt vs, he is inforcedenforced to confeſſe the antiquitie and ſafety of our doctrine, and plainely to acknowledge the …
With rule
… vpon a reuiew, that in the principall points of difference betwixt vs, he is inforcedenforced to confeſſe the antiquitie and ſafety of our doctrine, and plainely to acknowledge the …
Humphrey Lynde · The Safe Way Leading All Christians · p. 287 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 are listed here. 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Civil Right of Tithes A38604

Printed
… what could you think to ſay to ſuch an imputation, Alledged by his juſtice, InforcedEnforced by your adverſary, Aſſured by the things, Recorded in his and your memories, Attended …
With rule
… what could you think to ſay to ſuch an imputation, Alledged by his juſtice, InforcedEnforced by your adverſary, Aſſured by the things, Recorded in his and your memories, Attended …
Christopher Elderfield · The Civil Right of Tithes · p. 153 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
Or thus: There is a Physical, Politick, InforcedEnforced, Moral, Spiritual, Extraordinary, Hypocritical, Superstitious, Heretical, and Religious fast. Of which see Dr. Gouge …
With rule
Or thus: There is a Physical, Politick, InforcedEnforced, Moral, Spiritual, Extraordinary, Hypocritical, Superstitious, Heretical, and Religious fast. Of which see Dr. Gouge …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 214 · Open in the reader

Sermon 7 March 1632 A96352

Printed
… the publique view, but my obedience to your Command (which I was the rather InforcedEnforced to yield to in this action, by laying aſide and renouncing mine owne will …
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… the publique view, but my obedience to your Command (which I was the rather InforcedEnforced to yield to in this action, by laying aſide and renouncing mine owne will …
John White · Sermon 7 March 1632 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Juſtifications, of all the fraudulent and Indirect courſes that are uſed in thoſe affaires, InforcedEnforced me to a neceſſary clearcing of mine owne Innocency, which I conceived might to …
With rule
… Juſtifications, of all the fraudulent and Indirect courſes that are uſed in thoſe affaires, InforcedEnforced me to a neceſſary clearcing of mine owne Innocency, which I conceived might to …
John White · Sermon 7 March 1632 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with that ſweet affection of love, of which they are the fruits, and all InforcedEnforced by the ſtrength of the law of nature, as that Title of Parents given …
With rule
… with that ſweet affection of love, of which they are the fruits, and all InforcedEnforced by the ſtrength of the law of nature, as that Title of Parents given …
John White · Sermon 7 March 1632 · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuch as ill deſerved them) But above all others that goodneſſe is moſt ſignificantly InforcedEnforced in the name of nurſing fathers, Eſay 44.23. a care and duty that Moſes complaineth …
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… ſuch as ill deſerved them) But above all others that goodneſſe is moſt ſignificantly InforcedEnforced in the name of nurſing fathers, Eſay 44.23. a care and duty that Moſes complaineth …
John White · Sermon 7 March 1632 · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the vengeance and wrath of God upon them, Rom. 13.4. unto which notwithſtanding, he comes InforcedEnforced by neceſſity with much compaſſion, haud aliter quam viſcera ſecans ſua, as the Romane …
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… the vengeance and wrath of God upon them, Rom. 13.4. unto which notwithſtanding, he comes InforcedEnforced by neceſſity with much compaſſion, haud aliter quam viſcera ſecans ſua, as the Romane …
John White · Sermon 7 March 1632 · p. 29 · Open in the reader

A Sudden Flash A96775

Printed
InforcedEnforced to have felt, and to have ſeen,
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InforcedEnforced to have felt, and to have ſeen,
George Wither · A Sudden Flash · p. 51 · Open in the reader