Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11831 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

twisetwice

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

Puritas changed it: 1,563 times in 536 works
Consistency: 98.4% (1,563 of 1,587)
Reach if approved: ~1,671 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: twice
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,590 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,563 changes in 536 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,563)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
2. In various, and inconstant men, which like Proteus, never appeare twisetwice in the same shape, but differ as much from themselves, as from other men …
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2. In various, and inconstant men, which like Proteus, never appeare twisetwice in the same shape, but differ as much from themselves, as from other men …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 159 · Open in the reader
Printed
… forbidden in the 2. Commaundement. So that in the tossing of this Argument Paybody is twisetwice nought: neither hath he said ought, for evincing the lawfullnesse of sac…ed significant …
With rule
… forbidden in the 2. Commaundement. So that in the tossing of this Argument Paybody is twisetwice nought: neither hath he said ought, for evincing the lawfullnesse of sac…ed significant …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Saturday before Chriſt his death, as now to Sonday) and euery word thereof, was twiſetwice written by the finger of God in tables of ſtone: To ſhew, That the …
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… Saturday before Chriſt his death, as now to Sonday) and euery word thereof, was twiſetwice written by the finger of God in tables of ſtone: To ſhew, That the …
James Balmford · Concerning the Lords Day, State of the Church of Rome, Execution of Priests · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yee ſhall be broken in peeces, ſo ſaith the Lord, and he ſaith it twiſetwice, becauſe it is ratified, and God will doe it. Eſa 8.9. They were many againſt …
With rule
… yee ſhall be broken in peeces, ſo ſaith the Lord, and he ſaith it twiſetwice, becauſe it is ratified, and God will doe it. Eſa 8.9. They were many againſt …
Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 305 · Open in the reader
Printed
… say, Our father &c. 2. And thus also we should be bound to say it twisetwice over together at everie time we vse it: because Mathew and Luke in some …
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… say, Our father &c. 2. And thus also we should be bound to say it twisetwice over together at everie time we vse it: because Mathew and Luke in some …
Francis Johnson · Inquiry and Answer of Thomas Whites Discovery of Brownism · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… And laſtly our late Queene of famous memory, whoſe life was not once or twiſetwice, but often aſſaulted by the Popes inſtruments, and her kingdome, ſo farre as lay …
With rule
… And laſtly our late Queene of famous memory, whoſe life was not once or twiſetwice, but often aſſaulted by the Popes inſtruments, and her kingdome, ſo farre as lay …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 383 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he affirmes in print, that since our Conference at Paris in England it selfe twisetwice to his knowledge I refused to meete your Lordship in dispute. For who will …
With rule
… he affirmes in print, that since our Conference at Paris in England it selfe twisetwice to his knowledge I refused to meete your Lordship in dispute. For who will …
Daniel Featley · Transubstantiation Exploded · p. 218 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee haue thus longe enioyed this blessed gouernmēt, so that we may enioye it twisetwice as many yeares or more if it be his will, let vs become humble …
With rule
… wee haue thus longe enioyed this blessed gouernmēt, so that we may enioye it twisetwice as many yeares or more if it be his will, let vs become humble …
William Fulke · Sermon 26 February 1580 · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

17 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Way to Geometry A05115

Printed
… and third parts may be concluded out of the first. The second is thus: TwiseTwice two angles are equall to two right angles o y u, and e u …
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… and third parts may be concluded out of the first. The second is thus: TwiseTwice two angles are equall to two right angles o y u, and e u …
Petrus Ramus · The Way to Geometry · p. 66 · Open in the reader

A Divine Discovery of Sincerity A06161

Printed
… with ſuch majeſty, as you ſhall not finde him the like, to any Church▪ TwiſeTwice in one Epiſtle uſeth he this upbraiding expreſſion, I ſpeake this to your ſhame …
With rule
… with ſuch majeſty, as you ſhall not finde him the like, to any Church▪ TwiſeTwice in one Epiſtle uſeth he this upbraiding expreſſion, I ſpeake this to your ſhame …
Nicholas Lockyer · A Divine Discovery of Sincerity · p. 177 · Open in the reader

The Jewel of Joy A06898

Printed
… thā in the base slaue. Their beginnīg is like, ther ende is al one. TwiseTwice mad are thei therefore, y^t brag of their noble bloud & esteme thē selues y^e …
With rule
… thā in the base slaue. Their beginnīg is like, ther ende is al one. TwiseTwice mad are thei therefore, y^t brag of their noble bloud & esteme thē selues y^e …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

The Sin Against the Holy Ghost A08402

Printed
Yet were not the Diſciples of our Saviour Chriſt altogether exempted frō feareing ſo. TwiſeTwice were they touched with ſuch feare; once as they failed toward Bethſaida againſt the …
With rule
Yet were not the Diſciples of our Saviour Chriſt altogether exempted frō feareing ſo. TwiſeTwice were they touched with ſuch feare; once as they failed toward Bethſaida againſt the …
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 166 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
Vers. 14. the first raine, &c.] or, the early raine. TwiseTwice in a yeere there fell store of raine in Israel; in the beginning of …
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Vers. 14. the first raine, &c.] or, the early raine. TwiseTwice in a yeere there fell store of raine in Israel; in the beginning of …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 41 · Open in the reader

A Preparative to Marriage A12367

Printed
TwiseTwice the Wife is called, the Wife of thy youth, as though when men are …
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TwiseTwice the Wife is called, the Wife of thy youth, as though when men are …
Henry Smith · A Preparative to Marriage · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Sermons in One Volume A12406

Printed
TwiſeTwice the wife is called The wife of thy youth, as though when men are …
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TwiſeTwice the wife is called The wife of thy youth, as though when men are …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the First Ten Fathers A16992

Printed
12 Kenan is hee: Konen, To Lament, might be the roote, for his name. TwiſeTwice ſpeaking of one thing is vſuall, for vehemencie; as in Dan. 5. Mene, Mene: So …
With rule
12 Kenan is hee: Konen, To Lament, might be the roote, for his name. TwiſeTwice ſpeaking of one thing is vſuall, for vehemencie; as in Dan. 5. Mene, Mene: So …
Hugh Broughton · Observations Upon the First Ten Fathers · p. 9 · Open in the reader

A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse A17001

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… his: euen to trie them in the fire, to purifie them, & to whitten them. TwiſeTwice the very ſame termes be told. Heere, is the ſame matter. That God would …
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… his: euen to trie them in the fire, to purifie them, & to whitten them. TwiſeTwice the very ſame termes be told. Heere, is the ſame matter. That God would …
Hugh Broughton · A Revelation of the Holy Apocalypse · p. 166 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

Printed
Seven thunders uttered their voyces] This circumſtance is obſcure. TwiſeTwice before mention is made of ſeven thunders. In Chap. 4.5. it is ſaid out of …
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Seven thunders uttered their voyces] This circumſtance is obſcure. TwiſeTwice before mention is made of ſeven thunders. In Chap. 4.5. it is ſaid out of …
David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · p. 201 · Open in the reader

Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself A57963

Printed
TwiseTwice judged. ibid.
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TwiseTwice judged. ibid.
Samuel Rutherford · Christ Dying and Drawing Sinners to Himself · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… and deiection: how many graceleſſe men make ſport at the cauſes of their humiliation? TwiſeTwice had Noah giuen him life: yet neither the name of a Father, & Preſeruer, nor …
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… and deiection: how many graceleſſe men make ſport at the cauſes of their humiliation? TwiſeTwice had Noah giuen him life: yet neither the name of a Father, & Preſeruer, nor …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 828 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the wickedneſſe of Beniamin, ſped better for the time, then the honeſty of Iſrael. TwiſeTwice was the better part foyled by the leſſe, and worſe; The good cauſe was …
With rule
… the wickedneſſe of Beniamin, ſped better for the time, then the honeſty of Iſrael. TwiſeTwice was the better part foyled by the leſſe, and worſe; The good cauſe was …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 949 · Open in the reader

A Sermon of Christ Crucified B13612

Printed
… apprehend Iesus: he seing them, asked whom they sought. They sayd, Iesus of Nazareth. TwiseTwice he asked. TwiseTwice they fell backward: and twisetwice he suffered thē to rise. Wherby …
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… apprehend Iesus: he seing them, asked whom they sought. They sayd, Iesus of Nazareth. TwiseTwice he asked. TwiseTwice they fell backward: and twisetwice he suffered thē to rise. Wherby …
John Foxe · A Sermon of Christ Crucified · Open in the reader
Printed
… seing them, asked whom they sought. They sayd, Iesus of Nazareth. TwiseTwice he asked. TwiseTwice they fell backward: and twisetwice he suffered thē to rise. Wherby appeareth what Christ …
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… seing them, asked whom they sought. They sayd, Iesus of Nazareth. TwiseTwice he asked. TwiseTwice they fell backward: and twisetwice he suffered thē to rise. Wherby appeareth what Christ …
John Foxe · A Sermon of Christ Crucified · Open in the reader

Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture B13871

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TWiseTwice have I beene with you already; and now I am this third time comming …
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TWiseTwice have I beene with you already; and now I am this third time comming …
Joseph Hall · Paraphrase of the Hard Texts of Scripture · p. 257 · Open in the reader

The Christian Synagogue B16291

Printed
… of the Moone: they say, Vnus in Sabbatho, terim be Sabbath, duo in Sabbatho, TwiseTwice in the weeke. As the Pharise said, I fast twisetwice in the weeke.
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… of the Moone: they say, Vnus in Sabbatho, terim be Sabbath, duo in Sabbatho, TwiseTwice in the weeke. As the Pharise said, I fast twisetwice in the weeke.
John Weemes · The Christian Synagogue · p. 78 · Open in the reader