Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12299 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

enclinedinclined

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

Puritas changed it: 855 times in 496 works
Consistency: 99.3% (855 of 861)
Reach if approved: ~933 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: inclined
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 888 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (855 changes in 496 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 855)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of conſcience, to finde out what are his eſpeciall ſinnes, whereunto he is moſt enclinedinclined, and to crucifie them. This is, to plucke out the right eye, and to …
With rule
… of conſcience, to finde out what are his eſpeciall ſinnes, whereunto he is moſt enclinedinclined, and to crucifie them. This is, to plucke out the right eye, and to …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eye upon the diſpoſition of his child, and to what exorbitancy he finds him enclinedinclined, he labours to prevent all occaſions to it, and ſo keeps his child ſhort …
With rule
… eye upon the diſpoſition of his child, and to what exorbitancy he finds him enclinedinclined, he labours to prevent all occaſions to it, and ſo keeps his child ſhort …
Nicholas Lockyer · Christs Communion with his Church Militant · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… her beſt-beloved: and David waited, and never left waiting, till the Lord had enclinedinclined to him, and heard his crie: and Gods holy ones, fallen thus grievouſly, thus …
With rule
… her beſt-beloved: and David waited, and never left waiting, till the Lord had enclinedinclined to him, and heard his crie: and Gods holy ones, fallen thus grievouſly, thus …
Sebastian Benefield · Eight Sermons at the University of Oxford · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to giue vs enterance; his armes ſtretched out, ready to embrace vs; his head enclinedinclined, to affoord vs the kiſſe of peace; his eies ſhut, to all our offences …
With rule
… to giue vs enterance; his armes ſtretched out, ready to embrace vs; his head enclinedinclined, to affoord vs the kiſſe of peace; his eies ſhut, to all our offences …
Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 232 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whereby man is very farre gone from originall Righteousnesse, and is of his nature enclinedinclined to euill, so that the flesh lusteth alwaies contrary to the spirit, and therefore …
With rule
… whereby man is very farre gone from originall Righteousnesse, and is of his nature enclinedinclined to euill, so that the flesh lusteth alwaies contrary to the spirit, and therefore …
William Prynne · The Church of Englands Antithesis to Arminianism · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
Becauſe he hath enclinedinclined his ear unto me; therefore will I call upon him as long as I …
With rule
Becauſe he hath enclinedinclined his ear unto me; therefore will I call upon him as long as I …
William Sclater · Sermons Experimental · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are yet without, who by such godly conuersation shall be by little and little enclinedinclined to like the word, and so be conuerted to the profession and practise of …
With rule
… are yet without, who by such godly conuersation shall be by little and little enclinedinclined to like the word, and so be conuerted to the profession and practise of …
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 686 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that mans lewdnesse is growne so altogeather dissolute, as that it will not bee enclinedinclined to any gratefull remembraunce of dutifull requital, nor bee enduced to any couenable thankfulnesse …
With rule
… that mans lewdnesse is growne so altogeather dissolute, as that it will not bee enclinedinclined to any gratefull remembraunce of dutifull requital, nor bee enduced to any couenable thankfulnesse …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 62 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 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 Souls Union with Christ A49198

Printed
… and inforce Obedience: And through the pollution that overſpreads the Conſcience, it hath been EnclinedInclined ſtrongly to a remiſneſs in this its Office, to which the Lord hath appointed …
With rule
… and inforce Obedience: And through the pollution that overſpreads the Conſcience, it hath been EnclinedInclined ſtrongly to a remiſneſs in this its Office, to which the Lord hath appointed …
John Lougher · The Souls Union with Christ · p. 433 · Open in the reader

Gods Love to Man and Mans Duty Towards God A78190

Printed
… Dignitatem non-repugnantiae, & dignitatem condecentiae. (As Mr. Fenner.) They are not contrarily Affected, and EnclinedInclined, but in ſome meaſure diſpoſed and made meet for Heaven. Though they have not …
With rule
… Dignitatem non-repugnantiae, & dignitatem condecentiae. (As Mr. Fenner.) They are not contrarily Affected, and EnclinedInclined, but in ſome meaſure diſpoſed and made meet for Heaven. Though they have not …
John Barret · Gods Love to Man and Mans Duty Towards God · p. 216 · Open in the reader

Goodwill Towards Men B17505

Printed
… Dignitatem non-repugnantiae, & dignitatem condecentiae. (As Mr. Fenner.) They are not contrarily Affected, and EnclinedInclined, but in some measure disposed and made meet for Heaven. Though they have not …
With rule
… Dignitatem non-repugnantiae, & dignitatem condecentiae. (As Mr. Fenner.) They are not contrarily Affected, and EnclinedInclined, but in some measure disposed and made meet for Heaven. Though they have not …
John Barret · Goodwill Towards Men · p. 216 · Open in the reader