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prouokedprovoked

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
2,618 times in 612 works
Consistency
99.8% (2,618 of 2,621)
Reach if approved
~2,754 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: provoked
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
2,621 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,618 changes in 612 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,618)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … anger of the witch that bringeth it, but their owne wickednes, whereby they haue prouokedprovoked God to displeasure, and so giue this enemy power ouer them.
    With rule
    … anger of the witch that bringeth it, but their owne wickednes, whereby they haue prouokedprovoked God to displeasure, and so giue this enemy power ouer them.

    George Gifford · Dialogue Concerning Witches and Witchcrafts · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … that hee correct his child iuſtly for a fault; otherwiſe he will be but prouokedprovoked againſt his father; for there be fathers that correct their children for their pleaſures …
    With rule
    … that hee correct his child iuſtly for a fault; otherwiſe he will be but prouokedprovoked againſt his father; for there be fathers that correct their children for their pleaſures …

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … for lying in sinne and not getting out of it, and also for being prouokedprovoked to grosse sinnes.
    With rule
    … for lying in sinne and not getting out of it, and also for being prouokedprovoked to grosse sinnes.

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 362 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … thys roode whiche had dysolued prestes matrymonye ād done manye other great myracles. Whiche prouokedprovoked hym anon after to go to Wynchestre, and to resigne vnto hym hys regall …
    With rule
    … thys roode whiche had dysolued prestes matrymonye ād done manye other great myracles. Whiche prouokedprovoked hym anon after to go to Wynchestre, and to resigne vnto hym hys regall …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … in Abell and Enos / at the preachynges of Adam & Seth for the first age / prouokedprovoked the one to offre vp sacrifice vnto hi / & the other to call vpon his …
    With rule
    … in Abell and Enos / at the preachynges of Adam & Seth for the first age / prouokedprovoked the one to offre vp sacrifice vnto hi / & the other to call vpon his …

    John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … pitie, before he send the storme of Iudgement. So you may see a long prouokedprovoked Father, that after many chidings lost to his deafe Sonne; after some gentle chastisements …
    With rule
    … pitie, before he send the storme of Iudgement. So you may see a long prouokedprovoked Father, that after many chidings lost to his deafe Sonne; after some gentle chastisements …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 228 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Patience cō meth not of ye nature of tribulation, wherby we ſee ſome are prouokedprovoked to murmur againſt god, yea euē to curſe God: but whē as ye inwarde …
    With rule
    … Patience cō meth not of ye nature of tribulation, wherby we ſee ſome are prouokedprovoked to murmur againſt god, yea euē to curſe God: but whē as ye inwarde …

    John Frewen · Fruitful Instructions and Necessary Doctrines · p. 194 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Many vertuous persons haue bene prouokedprovoked by the meditation of our Sauiours sorowes, to leaue the stattering welth of this …
    With rule
    Many vertuous persons haue bene prouokedprovoked by the meditation of our Sauiours sorowes, to leaue the stattering welth of this …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 152 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

3 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.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    … giue God occasion of anger or punnishment, by some sinne obstinately committed. Ps. 106, 26. They ProuokedProvoked him vnto anger, with their inuentions, Deut. 32, 19.
    With rule
    … giue God occasion of anger or punnishment, by some sinne obstinately committed. Ps. 106, 26. They ProuokedProvoked him vnto anger, with their inuentions, Deut. 32, 19.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 380 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Punnishment, which is a Token and effect of Gods anger. Heb. 3, 16. ProuokedProvoked him to Anger.
    With rule
    Punnishment, which is a Token and effect of Gods anger. Heb. 3, 16. ProuokedProvoked him to Anger.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 210 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

  • Printed
    ProuokedProvoked by the Gentiles 2. 5. & 55. 6
    With rule
    ProuokedProvoked by the Gentiles 2. 5. & 55. 6

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · Open in the reader