Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11746 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

opprestoppressed

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

Puritas changed it: 949 times in 423 works
Consistency: 97.4% (949 of 974)
Reach if approved: ~1,023 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: oppressed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 974 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (949 changes in 423 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 949)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Quhen griefe and sorrow hes my hart opprestoppressed:
With rule
Quhen griefe and sorrow hes my hart opprestoppressed:
James Melville · A Spiritual Propine of a Pastor to his People · Open in the reader
Printed
… drunkenneſſe, he may for a while lift up himſelfe: as a man that is oppreſtoppressed with a burden, that gets the upper hand of him, and beares him downe …
With rule
… drunkenneſſe, he may for a while lift up himſelfe: as a man that is oppreſtoppressed with a burden, that gets the upper hand of him, and beares him downe …
Henry Ramsden · A Gleaning in Gods Harvest · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to be ſaid of all the powers and faculties of the ſoule, though ſo oppreſtoppressed by the infirmitie of the bodie, that they cannot ſhew themſelues, as afterward in …
With rule
… to be ſaid of all the powers and faculties of the ſoule, though ſo oppreſtoppressed by the infirmitie of the bodie, that they cannot ſhew themſelues, as afterward in …
Thomas Stoughton · The Christians Sacrifice Better than all the Legal Sacrifices of Jews · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… securitie, and for their profit in the service of the Israelites: Simler. Likewise they opprestoppressed them cunningly, that they might not be accused of open and manifest tyrannie: Osiander …
With rule
… securitie, and for their profit in the service of the Israelites: Simler. Likewise they opprestoppressed them cunningly, that they might not be accused of open and manifest tyrannie: Osiander …
Andrew Willet · Commentary on Genesis and Exodus · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then when thou find'st me most opprestoppressed.
With rule
Then when thou find'st me most opprestoppressed.
George Wither · The Shepherds Hunting · Open in the reader
Printed
… mourne as a Dove; mine eyes fayle with looking upward: O Lord, I am opprestoppressed, undertake for mee.
With rule
… mourne as a Dove; mine eyes fayle with looking upward: O Lord, I am opprestoppressed, undertake for mee.
Robert Bolton · Comforting Afflicted Consciences · p. 339 · Open in the reader
Printed
3 As any haue been more gratious, so they haue beene more streitened, and opprestoppressed by the wicked.
With rule
3 As any haue been more gratious, so they haue beene more streitened, and opprestoppressed by the wicked.
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
With febill voce, as man oppreſtoppressed with pane,
With rule
With febill voce, as man oppreſtoppressed with pane,
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (25)

12 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.

Works A05537

Printed
OppreſtOppressed with ſenſuall luſtis rage
With rule
OppreſtOppressed with ſenſuall luſtis rage
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
OpprestOppressed, I purged out (in stead of swear)
With rule
OpprestOppressed, I purged out (in stead of swear)
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 142 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
OppreſtOppressed with diſ-reſpect or povertie)
With rule
OppreſtOppressed with diſ-reſpect or povertie)
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 228 · Open in the reader

The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel A19666

Printed
OppreſtOppressed that ſcarcely they:
With rule
OppreſtOppressed that ſcarcely they:
Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader
Printed
OppreſtOppressed with pouertie
With rule
OppreſtOppressed with pouertie
Robert Crowley · The Opening of the Words of the Prophet Joel · Open in the reader

One Thing is Needful A30168

Printed
OpprestOppressed with guilt, or filth, or unbelief,
With rule
OpprestOppressed with guilt, or filth, or unbelief,
John Bunyan · One Thing is Needful · p. 12 · Open in the reader

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… hand of the Aſſyrian, his bowels yearn after them in their affliction; The Aſſyrian OppreſtOppressed them without Cauſe, i. e. without a juſt Cauſe in the Conqueror to inflict …
With rule
… hand of the Aſſyrian, his bowels yearn after them in their affliction; The Aſſyrian OppreſtOppressed them without Cauſe, i. e. without a juſt Cauſe in the Conqueror to inflict …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 657 · Open in the reader

A Memorandum to London A66760

Printed
OppreſtOppressed, be caught at laſt, in their own ſnare,
With rule
OppreſtOppressed, be caught at laſt, in their own ſnare,
George Wither · A Memorandum to London · p. 56 · Open in the reader

The Protector A96764

Printed
Pard'ning the Penitent, th' OppreſtOppressed relieving;
With rule
Pard'ning the Penitent, th' OppreſtOppressed relieving;
George Wither · The Protector · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
In ſuccouring the Widow, the OpprestOppressed
With rule
In ſuccouring the Widow, the OpprestOppressed
George Wither · The Protector · p. 23 · Open in the reader

A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath A96785

Printed
OppreſtOppressed with wants, and with unkindneſſe too,
With rule
OppreſtOppressed with wants, and with unkindneſſe too,
George Wither · A Voice Tending to the Pacification of Gods Wrath · p. 92 · Open in the reader

Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow A96786

Printed
OppreſtOppressed with wants, and of all friends neglected
With rule
OppreſtOppressed with wants, and of all friends neglected
George Wither · Funeral Poem to Thomas Westrow · p. 29 · Open in the reader