Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11815 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

intangledentangled

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

Puritas changed it: 1,598 times in 843 works
Consistency: 99.3% (1,598 of 1,609)
Reach if approved: ~1,728 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: entangled
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,645 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,598 changes in 843 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,598)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… us, because, we are forbidden to be the servants of men, or to be intangledentangled with the yoke of bondage.
With rule
… us, because, we are forbidden to be the servants of men, or to be intangledentangled with the yoke of bondage.
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fa… in the libertie wherewith Chriſt hath made them free, and may not bee intangledentangled with the yock of bondage. Gal. 5.1. And where the ſpirit of the Lord is …
With rule
… fa… in the libertie wherewith Chriſt hath made them free, and may not bee intangledentangled with the yock of bondage. Gal. 5.1. And where the ſpirit of the Lord is …
Thomas Helwys · Short Declaration of the Mystery of Iniquity · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when we thinke to have our hearts carried againſt our corruptions, we are more intangledentangled in our corruptions, by dwelling continually upon them. This was the courſe that Abraham …
With rule
… when we thinke to have our hearts carried againſt our corruptions, we are more intangledentangled in our corruptions, by dwelling continually upon them. This was the courſe that Abraham …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 552 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the helpe of God to answer to the arguments which they that be intangledentangled with this error vse to alledge for the proof thereof, leauing such as be …
With rule
… with the helpe of God to answer to the arguments which they that be intangledentangled with this error vse to alledge for the proof thereof, leauing such as be …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… negligence of their paſtors, which with their cramps and grapling yrons of traditions, haue intangledentangled euil handled, and deadly wounded them, who otherwiſe ought to haue béene deliuered, made …
With rule
… negligence of their paſtors, which with their cramps and grapling yrons of traditions, haue intangledentangled euil handled, and deadly wounded them, who otherwiſe ought to haue béene deliuered, made …
Martin Luther · The Liberty of a Christian · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with himselfe, and in gazing vpon himself, to wonder at himself; whereby he so intangledentangled himselfe, that he became a bondslaue to his bodie, whereas he was free and …
With rule
… with himselfe, and in gazing vpon himself, to wonder at himself; whereby he so intangledentangled himselfe, that he became a bondslaue to his bodie, whereas he was free and …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 308 · Open in the reader
Printed
… or never heard I (especially on the sudden) such apt solutions of knottie and intangledentangled questions, so pithie and sinewie Arguments, such usefull observations, such divine instructions, from anie …
With rule
… or never heard I (especially on the sudden) such apt solutions of knottie and intangledentangled questions, so pithie and sinewie Arguments, such usefull observations, such divine instructions, from anie …
Daniel Featley · Learned Decisions · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the lib…rtie wherewith Christ hath made them free, and not to be intangledentangled againe with the yoke of bondage, as Gala. 5.1. &c.
With rule
… in the lib…rtie wherewith Christ hath made them free, and not to be intangledentangled againe with the yoke of bondage, as Gala. 5.1. &c.
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 102 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

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

The Glorious Lover A47509

Printed
As ſoon IntangledEntangled his unwary feet;
With rule
As ſoon IntangledEntangled his unwary feet;
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
IntangledEntangled in our fetters than before.
With rule
IntangledEntangled in our fetters than before.
Benjamin Keach · The Glorious Lover · p. 213 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… the Egyptians and occaſion to purſue them, foreſeeing they would look upon Iſrael as IntangledEntangled in thoſe Intricacies, and got even into a Pound, ſo as they could no …
With rule
… the Egyptians and occaſion to purſue them, foreſeeing they would look upon Iſrael as IntangledEntangled in thoſe Intricacies, and got even into a Pound, ſo as they could no …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… out of their Graves, and to have eſcaped the Pollution, &c. but become again IntangledEntangled as a Bird in a Gin: ſeven worſe Spirits enter, and make their latter …
With rule
… out of their Graves, and to have eſcaped the Pollution, &c. but become again IntangledEntangled as a Bird in a Gin: ſeven worſe Spirits enter, and make their latter …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 271 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
IntangledEntangled]
With rule
IntangledEntangled]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 337 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises A96524

Printed
… we may give an abundant proof of his All-Sufficiency: For when we are IntangledEntangled, and be wildred with worldly Cares and Fears, and know not how to get …
With rule
… we may give an abundant proof of his All-Sufficiency: For when we are IntangledEntangled, and be wildred with worldly Cares and Fears, and know not how to get …
Dean Henry Wilkinson · Two Treatises · p. 15 · Open in the reader