Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #11972 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

clensedcleansed

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

Puritas changed it: 888 times in 433 works
Consistency: 99.4% (888 of 893)
Reach if approved: ~939 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cleansed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 894 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (888 changes in 433 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 888)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of chaffe, and that far off; who may haue it at home, winnowed and clenſedcleansed to his hand?
With rule
… of chaffe, and that far off; who may haue it at home, winnowed and clenſedcleansed to his hand?
Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Naaman the Syrian, where as there were many lepers in Israel that were not clensedcleansed by him. England hath had the preaching of the Gospell these fiftie yeares together …
With rule
… Naaman the Syrian, where as there were many lepers in Israel that were not clensedcleansed by him. England hath had the preaching of the Gospell these fiftie yeares together …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 250 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the thynges that are. That no fleſh might glory in his ſighte. Albeit who clenſedcleansed Naaman the Sirian, the generall of hys Prynces armie, and counſailour of greateſt authoritie …
With rule
… the thynges that are. That no fleſh might glory in his ſighte. Albeit who clenſedcleansed Naaman the Sirian, the generall of hys Prynces armie, and counſailour of greateſt authoritie …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… purged the ſynnes of the hole world: and that no parte reſteth to be clenſedcleansed by any other meanes. But y^e maſſe ſyngeth an other ſong, whiche is, that …
With rule
… purged the ſynnes of the hole world: and that no parte reſteth to be clenſedcleansed by any other meanes. But y^e maſſe ſyngeth an other ſong, whiche is, that …
John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader
Printed
… deſpaireth not: For he beleueth in Ieſus Chriſt and being baptiſed in him and clenſedcleansed by his bloud, he hath remiſſion of all his ſinnes. Now, when our ſinne …
With rule
… deſpaireth not: For he beleueth in Ieſus Chriſt and being baptiſed in him and clenſedcleansed by his bloud, he hath remiſſion of all his ſinnes. Now, when our ſinne …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
… sundry corners of the earth, seuered diuers heaps of wheat from the chaffe, and clensedcleansed it from darnell & tares. Among whom, were Fratres Pigardi, a remainder of the Waldenses …
With rule
… sundry corners of the earth, seuered diuers heaps of wheat from the chaffe, and clensedcleansed it from darnell & tares. Among whom, were Fratres Pigardi, a remainder of the Waldenses …
Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gods hand, and by the meanes of Christes …lood, that he prayed to be clensedcleansed. Purg. 97. & 78. Whether I haue nothing else to say, let the readers of …hose places …
With rule
… Gods hand, and by the meanes of Christes …lood, that he prayed to be clensedcleansed. Purg. 97. & 78. Whether I haue nothing else to say, let the readers of …hose places …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Yet becauſe they were debts, euen the ſecreteſt of them, he deſireth to be clenſedcleansed from them. Much greater debts are the ſinnes which we commit after we come …
With rule
… Yet becauſe they were debts, euen the ſecreteſt of them, he deſireth to be clenſedcleansed from them. Much greater debts are the ſinnes which we commit after we come …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 142 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Historical Table of the Bible A06660

Printed
… Maketh the water ſwete, ij.e. Rayſed the dead chyld to lyfe, iiii.d. ClenſedCleansed Naeman of hys leproſy, v.c. Stryketh the Syrians wyth blyndnes, vi.d. Prophecyeth …
With rule
… Maketh the water ſwete, ij.e. Rayſed the dead chyld to lyfe, iiii.d. ClenſedCleansed Naeman of hys leproſy, v.c. Stryketh the Syrians wyth blyndnes, vi.d. Prophecyeth …
Henrich Bullinger · Historical Table of the Bible · Open in the reader

The Scepter of Judah A17243

Printed
The preests to be ClenſedCleansed before they offer, 35.
With rule
The preests to be ClenſedCleansed before they offer, 35.
Edmund Bunny · The Scepter of Judah · Open in the reader

Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England A17267

Printed
… for a father to ſee his child waſhed with the bloud of Ieſus Chriſt? ClenſedCleansed from ſinne? Set into the viſible Church, yea, into the Body of Chriſt, in …
With rule
… for a father to ſee his child waſhed with the bloud of Ieſus Chriſt? ClenſedCleansed from ſinne? Set into the viſible Church, yea, into the Body of Chriſt, in …
Cornelius Burges · Baptismal Regeneration of Elect Infants Professed by the Church of England · p. 8 · Open in the reader

A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures A19692

Printed
Chap. 15 Iſſues of Men and Women, 2. ClenſedCleansed, 13. 19. Their offerings, Verſe. 14.28.
With rule
Chap. 15 Iſſues of Men and Women, 2. ClenſedCleansed, 13. 19. Their offerings, Verſe. 14.28.
Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 8 · Open in the reader

The Application of Redemption A44342

Printed
… Luke 4. 25. 26. There was many Leapers in Israel, in the time of Elizeus, but none ClensedCleansed save only Naaman the Syrian. In a word, All these Blessings are Gods Own …
With rule
… Luke 4. 25. 26. There was many Leapers in Israel, in the time of Elizeus, but none ClensedCleansed save only Naaman the Syrian. In a word, All these Blessings are Gods Own …
Thomas Hooker · The Application of Redemption · p. 230 · Open in the reader