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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12086 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

néedeneed

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

Puritas changed it
944 times in 109 works
Consistency
100% (944 of 944)
Reach if approved
~992 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: need
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
944 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (944 changes in 109 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 944)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … That al Christiās must haue … sel…ame▪ sacraments, it is cléerer, then that it néedeneed any probation.
    With rule
    … That al Christiās must haue … sel…ame▪ sacraments, it is cléerer, then that it néedeneed any probation.

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … word of God cannot moue one whit, to reforme their diſordered & beaſtly behauiours. I néedeneed not ſtande to mueigh out of this place againſt thoſe helhounds, which dare opē …
    With rule
    … word of God cannot moue one whit, to reforme their diſordered & beaſtly behauiours. I néedeneed not ſtande to mueigh out of this place againſt thoſe helhounds, which dare opē …

    George Gifford · Sermon on the Parable of the Sower · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of the diuell, which are taken of him at his will: and we had néedeneed to beg of that God, who commaunded the light to ſhine out of darkneſſe …
    With rule
    … of the diuell, which are taken of him at his will: and we had néedeneed to beg of that God, who commaunded the light to ſhine out of darkneſſe …

    Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 107 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    We hauing great néedeneed, not able of our sclues to deserue any thing, beséeche thée of thy fatherly …
    With rule
    We hauing great néedeneed, not able of our sclues to deserue any thing, beséeche thée of thy fatherly …

    Thomas Lever · The Right Way from Danger of Sin and Vengeance · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … grace, that we maie obtaine mercie, and finde grace to helpe in tyme of néedeneed.
    With rule
    … grace, that we maie obtaine mercie, and finde grace to helpe in tyme of néedeneed.

    Theodore Beza · The Treasure of Truth Touching Salvation and the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    You néedeneed not maruayle much, if you would rightly consider it: Paules whole disputation standeth vpon …
    With rule
    You néedeneed not maruayle much, if you would rightly consider it: Paules whole disputation standeth vpon …

    Laurence Tomson · Answer to Assertions of Fecknam · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … almightie God) our wretchedneſſe and pouertie is right great, therefore haue wée very much néedeneed of thy ſaluation, for ſo long as we nowe flie vnto thée to the …
    With rule
    … almightie God) our wretchedneſſe and pouertie is right great, therefore haue wée very much néedeneed of thy ſaluation, for ſo long as we nowe flie vnto thée to the …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … procure themselues damnation. And truly this obedience stretcheth so farre, that if the Prince néedeneed thy seruice in the warres, for the defence of his Realme against inuasions: thou …
    With rule
    … procure themselues damnation. And truly this obedience stretcheth so farre, that if the Prince néedeneed thy seruice in the warres, for the defence of his Realme against inuasions: thou …

    Henrich Bullinger · Confutation of the Popes Bull · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.