Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11710 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

venemousvenomous

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

Puritas changed it: 1,105 times in 596 works
Consistency: 95.2% (1,105 of 1,160)
Reach if approved: ~1,219 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: venomous
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,160 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,105 changes in 596 works, 95.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,105)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… not only with his tongue licked all his wounds whole, but also with a venemousvenomous tooth fastned many slanders vpon me, I thought fit to send him the ensewing …
With rule
… not only with his tongue licked all his wounds whole, but also with a venemousvenomous tooth fastned many slanders vpon me, I thought fit to send him the ensewing …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · Open in the reader
Printed
… kingdome of Sicil and Sweueland: against whom Clemēt the fourth inwardly sw…lling with venemousvenomous crueltie, caused Charles to wage warre, to the vtter vndoing of the said Conradine …
With rule
… kingdome of Sicil and Sweueland: against whom Clemēt the fourth inwardly sw…lling with venemousvenomous crueltie, caused Charles to wage warre, to the vtter vndoing of the said Conradine …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… and pretences to vs: for vnder the ſweeteſt flowers lie commonly hidde the moſt venemousvenomous ſerpents.
With rule
… and pretences to vs: for vnder the ſweeteſt flowers lie commonly hidde the moſt venemousvenomous ſerpents.
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 122 · Open in the reader
Printed
… not enioy many good daies after: Sure if wee may knowe of any such venemousvenomous complainte to her maiestie, we wil fly to M. Some to prooue them liers …
With rule
… not enioy many good daies after: Sure if wee may knowe of any such venemousvenomous complainte to her maiestie, we wil fly to M. Some to prooue them liers …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſubdued their corruptions: but yet we are under the power of our ſinfull, poyſonfull, venemousvenomous hearts ſtill. Can the Lord bee with us, and all theſe abominations not onely …
With rule
… ſubdued their corruptions: but yet we are under the power of our ſinfull, poyſonfull, venemousvenomous hearts ſtill. Can the Lord bee with us, and all theſe abominations not onely …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 139 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ly policy, for worldly policy feareth not God. Take hede of these claubackes, these venemousvenomous people that wil come to you, that will folowe like Gnatoes aud Parasites, if …
With rule
… ly policy, for worldly policy feareth not God. Take hede of these claubackes, these venemousvenomous people that wil come to you, that will folowe like Gnatoes aud Parasites, if …
Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
Wherefore, these high commendations of matrimony are here set against the venemousvenomous tongues both of Satan and of wicked men, wherewith they do so maliciously sclaunder …
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Wherefore, these high commendations of matrimony are here set against the venemousvenomous tongues both of Satan and of wicked men, wherewith they do so maliciously sclaunder …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then Moyses smote the earth with his Rod, and the earth brought foorth first venemousvenomous Flyes, next Frogges, then Grashoppers, and afterward other strange things: Wherevpon (sayth this Historiographer …
With rule
… then Moyses smote the earth with his Rod, and the earth brought foorth first venemousvenomous Flyes, next Frogges, then Grashoppers, and afterward other strange things: Wherevpon (sayth this Historiographer …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 465 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (55)

33 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 28 are listed here. 22 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

Printed
… in great measure bestowed vpon them, they were worthie to be reuerenced. So that VenemousVenomous traytor, which writeth of the persecution of the Papistes, maketh me a very yong …
With rule
… in great measure bestowed vpon them, they were worthie to be reuerenced. So that VenemousVenomous traytor, which writeth of the persecution of the Papistes, maketh me a very yong …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 35 · Open in the reader

The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families A03694

Printed
… and hurtfull things; as to the Poyson of Aspes, to a Rasor, to a VenemousVenomous Arrow, to a Scorpion, and greedy Viper, to fire and coales of Iuniper; and …
With rule
… and hurtfull things; as to the Poyson of Aspes, to a Rasor, to a VenemousVenomous Arrow, to a Scorpion, and greedy Viper, to fire and coales of Iuniper; and …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… enuy them) to be bitten of Aspes, as also to be deuoured of Crocodiles. VenemousVenomous was that old Serpent, which both heere, and in other Nations, then, and at …
With rule
… enuy them) to be bitten of Aspes, as also to be deuoured of Crocodiles. VenemousVenomous was that old Serpent, which both heere, and in other Nations, then, and at …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 477 · Open in the reader

Christ Revealed A13529

Printed
… transgresse in hot and fiery tongues, and are punished by hot and fiery stings. VenemousVenomous words against God and his servants are revenged by the mouthes of poysoned and …
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… transgresse in hot and fiery tongues, and are punished by hot and fiery stings. VenemousVenomous words against God and his servants are revenged by the mouthes of poysoned and …
Thomas Taylor · Christ Revealed · p. 303 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
VenemousVenomous.
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VenemousVenomous.
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 61 · Open in the reader

Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest A30566

Printed
11 Of VenemousVenomous Diſeaſes.
With rule
11 Of VenemousVenomous Diſeaſes.
Jeremiah Burroughs · Christ Inviting Sinners to Come to Him for Rest · Open in the reader

Death Improved and Immoderate Sorrow Reproved A30673

Printed
… up the Heart againſt Reproaches, and is a ſpecial Antidote againſt the Poiſon of VenemousVenomous Tongues, and indeed nothing but Sincerity can do it; this beats back the Reproaches …
With rule
… up the Heart againſt Reproaches, and is a ſpecial Antidote againſt the Poiſon of VenemousVenomous Tongues, and indeed nothing but Sincerity can do it; this beats back the Reproaches …
Edward Bury · Death Improved and Immoderate Sorrow Reproved · p. 209 · Open in the reader

Self-Conflict A31368

Printed
VenemousVenomous ſerpents peacefully to reſt.
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VenemousVenomous ſerpents peacefully to reſt.
Jacob Cats · Self-Conflict · p. 83 · Open in the reader

A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations in America A33345

Printed
There is no VenemousVenomous Creature in this Country: the yellow Spider which is there making her Webb as …
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There is no VenemousVenomous Creature in this Country: the yellow Spider which is there making her Webb as …
Samuel Clarke · A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations in America · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Eggs, like little drops of quick-silver, neither is it perceived to be VenemousVenomous, yet there is a plant that climbs Trees like our Ivy, the leafe like …
With rule
… of Eggs, like little drops of quick-silver, neither is it perceived to be VenemousVenomous, yet there is a plant that climbs Trees like our Ivy, the leafe like …
Samuel Clarke · A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations in America · p. 20 · Open in the reader

The History of the Old Testament Methodized A34874

Printed
… ſend Hornets before them to expel the Canaanites out of the Land, viz. Great VenemousVenomous Flies that ſhould ſting them to death. So that thoſe of their Enemies that …
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… ſend Hornets before them to expel the Canaanites out of the Land, viz. Great VenemousVenomous Flies that ſhould ſting them to death. So that thoſe of their Enemies that …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Bow, but by the Power of God who ſent the Hornets among them, great VenemousVenomous Flies that ſtung many of them to death, as He had by them before …
With rule
… Bow, but by the Power of God who ſent the Hornets among them, great VenemousVenomous Flies that ſtung many of them to death, as He had by them before …
Samuel Cradock · The History of the Old Testament Methodized · p. 287 · Open in the reader

A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors A37483

Printed
… Metaphorically declares, that Christ will destroy the Power of the Devil, for as a VenemousVenomous Serpent when his head is bruised or broken, has neither strength nor life; so …
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… Metaphorically declares, that Christ will destroy the Power of the Devil, for as a VenemousVenomous Serpent when his head is bruised or broken, has neither strength nor life; so …
Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 200 · Open in the reader

The Faith of Dying Jacob A41635

Printed
… the rude Soil only remains; the Hangings, and Windscot gone, the Rough Clay Walls, VenemousVenomous Spiders and Rotten Posts appear; the clear water gone the mud and toads remain.
With rule
… the rude Soil only remains; the Hangings, and Windscot gone, the Rough Clay Walls, VenemousVenomous Spiders and Rotten Posts appear; the clear water gone the mud and toads remain.
Robert Gouge · The Faith of Dying Jacob · p. 35 · Open in the reader

The Wonders of the Invisible World A50177

Printed
… it Siezes upon. And when the Divel has raised those Arsenical Fumes, which become VenemousVenomous Quivers full of Terrible Arrows, how easily can he shoot the delete…ious M …
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… it Siezes upon. And when the Divel has raised those Arsenical Fumes, which become VenemousVenomous Quivers full of Terrible Arrows, how easily can he shoot the delete…ious M …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in their Infancy, it is found, the Imps have Sucked them, and Rendred them VenemousVenomous to a Prodigy. We have also seen Devils First Batteries, upon the Town, where …
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… in their Infancy, it is found, the Imps have Sucked them, and Rendred them VenemousVenomous to a Prodigy. We have also seen Devils First Batteries, upon the Town, where …
Cotton Mather · The Wonders of the Invisible World · p. 48 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… Luk. 16.24. The Tongue is untameable, (as the Apoſtle James there declareth.) All Savage and VenemousVenomous beaſts have been tamed, but this Beaſtly Tongue, (the taming whereof is far more …
With rule
… Luk. 16.24. The Tongue is untameable, (as the Apoſtle James there declareth.) All Savage and VenemousVenomous beaſts have been tamed, but this Beaſtly Tongue, (the taming whereof is far more …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Houſe-top, Prov. 21.9. or (which is worſe) in the VVilderneſs among Ravenous Beaſts and VenemousVenomous Serpents in greateſt danger, and want of all neceſſary Accommodations, ver. 19.
With rule
… Houſe-top, Prov. 21.9. or (which is worſe) in the VVilderneſs among Ravenous Beaſts and VenemousVenomous Serpents in greateſt danger, and want of all neceſſary Accommodations, ver. 19.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 155 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he had alſo Lamented over the Deſtruction of Jeruſalem, for being a Neſt of VenemousVenomous Serpents, and Blood ſucking Vipers, Matth. 23.33, 34, 37, &c. Then it is not ſaid, he only …
With rule
… he had alſo Lamented over the Deſtruction of Jeruſalem, for being a Neſt of VenemousVenomous Serpents, and Blood ſucking Vipers, Matth. 23.33, 34, 37, &c. Then it is not ſaid, he only …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is mortal and deadly. N.B. As there was a natural cauſe of this VenemousVenomous Beaſt's bouncing out of the fire; For 'tis the Nature of thoſe cold Creatures …
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… is mortal and deadly. N.B. As there was a natural cauſe of this VenemousVenomous Beaſt's bouncing out of the fire; For 'tis the Nature of thoſe cold Creatures …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 489 · Open in the reader
Printed
… miſchievous Beaſt faſten'd upon his hand: Yea thoſe very Barbarians, when they ſaw the VenemousVenomous Viper hang upon his hand, they were ſo apprehenſive of his danger, that they …
With rule
… miſchievous Beaſt faſten'd upon his hand: Yea thoſe very Barbarians, when they ſaw the VenemousVenomous Viper hang upon his hand, they were ſo apprehenſive of his danger, that they …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 490 · Open in the reader

The Person and Period of the Antichrist A52810

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… by the noſe with a pair of Pincers; that St. Patrick drove all the VenemousVenomous Beaſts with his Staff out of Ireland; that St. Gooderick tamed Wolves and Serpents …
With rule
… by the noſe with a pair of Pincers; that St. Patrick drove all the VenemousVenomous Beaſts with his Staff out of Ireland; that St. Gooderick tamed Wolves and Serpents …
Christopher Ness · The Person and Period of the Antichrist · p. 50 · Open in the reader

A Divine Legacy Bequeathed Unto All Mankind A52811

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… Hoſ. 13.14. thus our Saviour did diſarm Death, and took out the Sting from this VenemousVenomous Serpent; ſo that we may now as ſafely put Death into our Boſoms, (in …
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… Hoſ. 13.14. thus our Saviour did diſarm Death, and took out the Sting from this VenemousVenomous Serpent; ſo that we may now as ſafely put Death into our Boſoms, (in …
Christopher Ness · A Divine Legacy Bequeathed Unto All Mankind · p. 309 · Open in the reader

George Fox Digged Out of His Burrows A66448

Printed
… though pointed and directed as are the Papists, Iews and Quakers Allegations to a VenemousVenomous and poysonous End.
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… though pointed and directed as are the Papists, Iews and Quakers Allegations to a VenemousVenomous and poysonous End.
Roger Williams · George Fox Digged Out of His Burrows · p. 156 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
VenemousVenomous beast]
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VenemousVenomous beast]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 680 · Open in the reader

The Sacred Diary B03557

Printed
… falling down of Houſes, Walls, Towers? How many with the ſtrokes and ſtings of VenemousVenomous Beaſts? How many Women die in Travel of their Children, and dearly purchaſe their …
With rule
… falling down of Houſes, Walls, Towers? How many with the ſtrokes and ſtings of VenemousVenomous Beaſts? How many Women die in Travel of their Children, and dearly purchaſe their …
William Gearing · The Sacred Diary · p. 245 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed B27417

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1. The flesh, the VenemousVenomous flesh of our Viperous Nature was by the wisdom of God taken, and first …
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1. The flesh, the VenemousVenomous flesh of our Viperous Nature was by the wisdom of God taken, and first …
William Nicholson · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 241 · Open in the reader

The Lords Voice Crying out to His People N01456

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… manifeſt our ſelves to be the Children of Wiſdom, in duly laying … heart the VenemousVenomous evil of our Sinful Natures. And why ſhould not the … Rod of God upon …
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… manifeſt our ſelves to be the Children of Wiſdom, in duly laying … heart the VenemousVenomous evil of our Sinful Natures. And why ſhould not the … Rod of God upon …
Nathaniel Clap · The Lords Voice Crying out to His People · p. 32 · Open in the reader