Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11921 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

gronegroan

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

Puritas changed it: 638 times in 277 works
Consistency: 98.3% (638 of 649)
Reach if approved: ~682 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: groan
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 649 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (638 changes in 277 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 638)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… se videns Arrianum; the world groned, seeing it selfe made an Arrian: It'may now gronegroan worse, factum se videns Machiauellum, seeing it selfe made a Machiauell. nisi Deus opem …
With rule
… se videns Arrianum; the world groned, seeing it selfe made an Arrian: It'may now gronegroan worse, factum se videns Machiauellum, seeing it selfe made a Machiauell. nisi Deus opem …
Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… St. Paul, which was ſome diſtemper, and provocation to ſin; now this made him gronegroan and ſigh to the Lord, yea, it brought him on his knees thrice. As …
With rule
… St. Paul, which was ſome diſtemper, and provocation to ſin; now this made him gronegroan and ſigh to the Lord, yea, it brought him on his knees thrice. As …
Thomas Hooker · The Pattern of Perfection Exhibited in Gods Image on Adam · p. 168 · Open in the reader
Printed
Greit and with mony griſlie gronegroan
With rule
Greit and with mony griſlie gronegroan
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… expreſſed: alſo that all the creatures, being ſubiect to vanity and abuſe, do euen gronegroan and trauel in payne togither with vs, vntill this body of ſinne be aboliſhed …
With rule
… expreſſed: alſo that all the creatures, being ſubiect to vanity and abuſe, do euen gronegroan and trauel in payne togither with vs, vntill this body of ſinne be aboliſhed …
Martin Luther · Preface to the Epistle of Romans · Open in the reader
Printed
… Court of God, the King of glory? Then why doe we not sigh and gronegroan, and long to be free-men of this glorious citie? And though we cannot …
With rule
… Court of God, the King of glory? Then why doe we not sigh and gronegroan, and long to be free-men of this glorious citie? And though we cannot …
William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 233 · Open in the reader
Printed
Weeps with the sad, and sighs with those that gronegroan.
With rule
Weeps with the sad, and sighs with those that gronegroan.
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into heauen: and when they praye ſo coldelye, that they doe not ſighe, and gronegroan in the ſpirit: euen with thoſe ſighes and grones which are vnſpeakable, with whiche …
With rule
… into heauen: and when they praye ſo coldelye, that they doe not ſighe, and gronegroan in the ſpirit: euen with thoſe ſighes and grones which are vnſpeakable, with whiche …
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath vtterly quenched the spirit in thee. Thirdly, try thy care: and if thou gronegroan in a godly care, both how thou mayst be able to wage battayle in …
With rule
… hath vtterly quenched the spirit in thee. Thirdly, try thy care: and if thou gronegroan in a godly care, both how thou mayst be able to wage battayle in …
Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

4 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.

Commentary on Galatians A06492

Printed
TO ALL AFFLICTED CONSCIENCES VVHICH GRONEGROAN FOR SALVATION AND VVRASTLE VNDER THE croſſe for the kingdome of Chriſt, grace peace …
With rule
TO ALL AFFLICTED CONSCIENCES VVHICH GRONEGROAN FOR SALVATION AND VVRASTLE VNDER THE croſſe for the kingdome of Chriſt, grace peace …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

Printed
… Secondly, a reaſon of the practice. The practice is ſet downe in two words; 1. GroneGroan. 2. Wayte.
With rule
… Secondly, a reaſon of the practice. The practice is ſet downe in two words; 1. GroneGroan. 2. Wayte.
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 91 · Open in the reader

A Buckler Against the Fear of Death A17129

Printed
GroneGroan on my death-bed, these sinnes will displease me
With rule
GroneGroan on my death-bed, these sinnes will displease me
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader

Midnights Meditations of Death A77759

Printed
GroneGroan on my death-bed, theſe ſinnes will diſpleaſe me
With rule
GroneGroan on my death-bed, theſe ſinnes will diſpleaſe me
Edward Buckler · Midnights Meditations of Death · Open in the reader