Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11788 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

surprizedsurprised

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

Puritas changed it: 1,937 times in 907 works
Consistency: 98.7% (1,937 of 1,961)
Reach if approved: ~2,060 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: surprised
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,961 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,937 changes in 907 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,937)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… yet no whit leſſe ſtrange: as for example, a Parrate being like to bee ſurprizedsurprised by a hauke, flying ouer the ſhrine of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, cryed miraculouſly …
With rule
… yet no whit leſſe ſtrange: as for example, a Parrate being like to bee ſurprizedsurprised by a hauke, flying ouer the ſhrine of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, cryed miraculouſly …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 431 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Christians, vnto their power. One of their holy men (which the enemies had surprizedsurprised) by no torments would confesse any thing to the preiudice of his fellowes. But …
With rule
… the Christians, vnto their power. One of their holy men (which the enemies had surprizedsurprised) by no torments would confesse any thing to the preiudice of his fellowes. But …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 355 · Open in the reader
Printed
… before, and after: then, let us doe our worke quickly. Wee may bee suddenly surprizedsurprised, before wee be aware: and, as the Tree falleth, so it lyes; as a …
With rule
… before, and after: then, let us doe our worke quickly. Wee may bee suddenly surprizedsurprised, before wee be aware: and, as the Tree falleth, so it lyes; as a …
Richard Sibbes · The Brides Longing for her Bridegrooms Second Coming · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Dauids, and burned Ziglag, sitting downe to eate & drinke, and make merrie, were suddenly surprizedsurprised and destroyed by Dauids sword. But in the spirituall combate, securitie is much more …
With rule
… Dauids, and burned Ziglag, sitting downe to eate & drinke, and make merrie, were suddenly surprizedsurprised and destroyed by Dauids sword. But in the spirituall combate, securitie is much more …
Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 279 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is thy caſe directly and none other; or think that ſome filthy fellow had ſurprizedsurprised thy wife in a roome by her ſelfe, and there ſhould ſolicite her with …
With rule
… is thy caſe directly and none other; or think that ſome filthy fellow had ſurprizedsurprised thy wife in a roome by her ſelfe, and there ſhould ſolicite her with …
William Whately · The Oil of Gladness · p. 183 · Open in the reader
Printed
… crafty they be; also considering, how sundry men stronger then our selues, haue beene surprizedsurprised and ouertaken by them: moreouer, the awefull Maiesty of God, his terrible iustice, and …
With rule
… crafty they be; also considering, how sundry men stronger then our selues, haue beene surprizedsurprised and ouertaken by them: moreouer, the awefull Maiesty of God, his terrible iustice, and …
Thomas Wilson · Saints by Calling · p. 291 · Open in the reader
Printed
… who ſeemed by other of his cariages, bold enough, was yet three ſeverall times ſurprizedsurprised with baſe feare: once when hee tempted Chriſt, not to hazard himſelfe at Ieruſalem …
With rule
… who ſeemed by other of his cariages, bold enough, was yet three ſeverall times ſurprizedsurprised with baſe feare: once when hee tempted Chriſt, not to hazard himſelfe at Ieruſalem …
Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 336 · Open in the reader
Printed
… here, outward. And so it fares eftsoones with a Christian; sometimes he is so surprizedsurprised with sorrow for sin, so confounded at the sight of his owne vilenesse and …
With rule
… here, outward. And so it fares eftsoones with a Christian; sometimes he is so surprizedsurprised with sorrow for sin, so confounded at the sight of his owne vilenesse and …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 107 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Government of the Thoughts A23734

Printed
… entertaining them seldom; That if Death should suddenly Summon thee, thou mayst not be SurprizedSurprised, but stand ready prepared: Render to every Man the Honour due unto his Function …
With rule
… entertaining them seldom; That if Death should suddenly Summon thee, thou mayst not be SurprizedSurprised, but stand ready prepared: Render to every Man the Honour due unto his Function …
Richard Allestree · The Government of the Thoughts · p. 178 · Open in the reader

Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times A27006

Printed
… came to be their own Case, they were as venturous till they were once SurprizedSurprised and Imprisoned; but then their Judgments were much altered, and they that censured Ministers …
With rule
… came to be their own Case, they were as venturous till they were once SurprizedSurprised and Imprisoned; but then their Judgments were much altered, and they that censured Ministers …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 436 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he saw the old Ministers Silenced in the Three Kingdoms, and those that had SurprizedSurprised Dublin-Castle for the King from the Anabaptists, cast aside, and all things go …
With rule
… he saw the old Ministers Silenced in the Three Kingdoms, and those that had SurprizedSurprised Dublin-Castle for the King from the Anabaptists, cast aside, and all things go …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Entitled [The Church told of, &c.] But being Printed without License, Lestrange, the Searcher, SurprizedSurprised part of it in the Press (there being lately greater Penalties laid on them …
With rule
… Entitled [The Church told of, &c.] But being Printed without License, Lestrange, the Searcher, SurprizedSurprised part of it in the Press (there being lately greater Penalties laid on them …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 89 · Open in the reader

The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages A33378

Printed
… God to order it, to the end our Innocency and Simplicity might not be SurprizedSurprised with theſe kind of Deluſions. As to what remains, I ſhall only here Obſerve …
With rule
… God to order it, to the end our Innocency and Simplicity might not be SurprizedSurprised with theſe kind of Deluſions. As to what remains, I ſhall only here Obſerve …
Jean Claude · The Catholic Doctrine of the Eucharist in All Ages · p. 267 · Open in the reader

One Hundred Select Sermons A44565

Printed
… them, leaſt they ſhould fall into any Temptation, which they might be Exerciſed, and SurprizedSurprised withall. Thus I ſay are Maſters to be towards their Servants, not onely to …
With rule
… them, leaſt they ſhould fall into any Temptation, which they might be Exerciſed, and SurprizedSurprised withall. Thus I ſay are Maſters to be towards their Servants, not onely to …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Select Observations of Roman Emperors 2 A47620

Printed
SurprizedSurprised with sicknesse he pitched his tent on the shore of Tigr…s; where he …
With rule
SurprizedSurprised with sicknesse he pitched his tent on the shore of Tigr…s; where he …
Edward Leigh · Select Observations of Roman Emperors 2 · p. 243 · Open in the reader

Select Observations of Roman Emperors A50048

Printed
SurprizedSurprised with sickness he pitched his Tent on the shore of Tigris; where he and …
With rule
SurprizedSurprised with sickness he pitched his Tent on the shore of Tigris; where he and …
Edward Leigh · Select Observations of Roman Emperors · p. 348 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms A63066

Printed
Verſe 6. Even when I remember I am afraid] SurprizedSurprised I am with a moſt formidable amazement, when I call to mind and conſider …
With rule
Verſe 6. Even when I remember I am afraid] SurprizedSurprised I am with a moſt formidable amazement, when I call to mind and conſider …
John Trapp · Commentary on Ezra Nehemiah Ester Job and Psalms · p. 187 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan A63069

Printed
For I am ſick of love] SurprizedSurprised with a love-qualm, as an honeſt Virgin may bee, meeting her Love unawares …
With rule
For I am ſick of love] SurprizedSurprised with a love-qualm, as an honeſt Virgin may bee, meeting her Love unawares …
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 331 · Open in the reader
Printed
Ver. 5. Wherefore have I ſeen them diſmaià?] SurprizedSurprised with a Panick terrour.
With rule
Ver. 5. Wherefore have I ſeen them diſmaià?] SurprizedSurprised with a Panick terrour.
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 349 · Open in the reader

Declaration of the Glorious Mystery of Christ the God Man B27713

Printed
3. Divine Wisdom was no way SurprizedSurprised with this disaster. God had from all eternity laid in Provisions of Counsels for …
With rule
3. Divine Wisdom was no way SurprizedSurprised with this disaster. God had from all eternity laid in Provisions of Counsels for …
John Owen · Declaration of the Glorious Mystery of Christ the God Man · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Soldiery Spiritualized N00138

Printed
… new thing to us, and so we shall not be so likely to be SurprizedSurprised or offended. Expectation will put upon preparation, and that will be very profitable Christ …
With rule
… new thing to us, and so we shall not be so likely to be SurprizedSurprised or offended. Expectation will put upon preparation, and that will be very profitable Christ …
Joshua Moodey · Soldiery Spiritualized · p. 15 · Open in the reader