Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12090 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

plucktplucked

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

Puritas changed it: 1,384 times in 764 works
Consistency: 99.5% (1,384 of 1,391)
Reach if approved: ~1,463 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: plucked
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,392 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,384 changes in 764 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,384)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it runs away from reason with an halfe message, so the Object shall be plucktplucked away from the understanding with an halfe judgemen…. For when a man hath but …
With rule
… it runs away from reason with an halfe message, so the Object shall be plucktplucked away from the understanding with an halfe judgemen…. For when a man hath but …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 206 · Open in the reader
Printed
… France which his father wonne, was ſoone loſt: and this of England was twice plucktplucked from his head in his life time. Many bloudy battels were fought in England …
With rule
… France which his father wonne, was ſoone loſt: and this of England was twice plucktplucked from his head in his life time. Many bloudy battels were fought in England …
William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 365 · Open in the reader
Printed
Another weede which muſt bee plucktplucked vp, is ſelfe-confidence, or ſecuritie. When Chriſtians begin to beare thēſelues vpon their …
With rule
Another weede which muſt bee plucktplucked vp, is ſelfe-confidence, or ſecuritie. When Chriſtians begin to beare thēſelues vpon their …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it was this Land-lord of mine that feared bernard and terrified mee, and plucktplucked mee aſide from this good courſe; good Lord revenge my bloud at my Land …
With rule
… it was this Land-lord of mine that feared bernard and terrified mee, and plucktplucked mee aſide from this good courſe; good Lord revenge my bloud at my Land …
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 76 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I ſought it out diligētly: I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man, and plucktplucked the pray out of his teeth. Thus did Iob diſcharge him, of the defence …
With rule
… I ſought it out diligētly: I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man, and plucktplucked the pray out of his teeth. Thus did Iob diſcharge him, of the defence …
John Knewstubs · Confutation of Monstrous and Horrible Heresies · Open in the reader
Printed
… they ſtiffely vrged hereunto. So did Chriſt alſo defend his Apoſtles, when as they plucktplucked the eares of corne on the Sabboth day, and many ſuch like.
With rule
… they ſtiffely vrged hereunto. So did Chriſt alſo defend his Apoſtles, when as they plucktplucked the eares of corne on the Sabboth day, and many ſuch like.
Martin Luther · The Liberty of a Christian · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and she had the winges of an egle. I behelde tyll hyr wynges were plucktplucked frō hyr but hyr hert was geuen her. Osiander. This is the Babylonik Kingdom …
With rule
… and she had the winges of an egle. I behelde tyll hyr wynges were plucktplucked frō hyr but hyr hert was geuen her. Osiander. This is the Babylonik Kingdom …
Andreas Osiander · The Conjectures of the End of the World · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gospel so gladly from Paul at the first, that hee professesseth, they would haue plucktplucked out their own eies to haue done him good; and yet when he writ …
With rule
… Gospel so gladly from Paul at the first, that hee professesseth, they would haue plucktplucked out their own eies to haue done him good; and yet when he writ …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 493 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Time of the End A33243

Printed
PlucktPlucked up by the rootes] The Angel opening theſe words▪ verſ. 24. ſaith, hee ſhall ſubdue …
With rule
PlucktPlucked up by the rootes] The Angel opening theſe words▪ verſ. 24. ſaith, hee ſhall ſubdue …
John Canne · The Time of the End · p. 147 · Open in the reader

Remains A65835

Printed
PlucktPlucked up by the ſame hand ſucceſſively;
With rule
PlucktPlucked up by the ſame hand ſucceſſively;
Thomas Wadsworth · Remains · p. 91 · Open in the reader

A Firebrand Plucked out of the Burning A90672

Printed
A FIREBRAND PLUCKTPLUCKED OUT OF THE BVRNING.
With rule
A FIREBRAND PLUCKTPLUCKED OUT OF THE BVRNING.
Benjamin Pickering · A Firebrand Plucked out of the Burning · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
PlucktPlucked off, and gathered; clearly to us ſhew
With rule
PlucktPlucked off, and gathered; clearly to us ſhew
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 142 · Open in the reader