Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12302 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

exceedeexceed

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

Puritas changed it: 911 times in 375 works
Consistency: 99.6% (911 of 914)
Reach if approved: ~960 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: exceed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 914 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (911 changes in 375 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 911)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the vſuall puniſhment was to giue fourtie ſaue one, whiche number they did not exceedeexceed, no not in puniſhing of Paule towardes whom they beare ſo deadly hatred: as …
With rule
… the vſuall puniſhment was to giue fourtie ſaue one, whiche number they did not exceedeexceed, no not in puniſhing of Paule towardes whom they beare ſo deadly hatred: as …
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 93 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and moreouer, since both the politike state and the priesthood are such as farre exceedeexceed the power of man, & therfore can not be defended & mainteyned by our strength or …
With rule
… and moreouer, since both the politike state and the priesthood are such as farre exceedeexceed the power of man, & therfore can not be defended & mainteyned by our strength or …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
But now, although our attention and reuerence ſhould exceedeexceed theirs, (as the Apoſtle ſheweth) yet it is farre behinde the ſame. Nay what …
With rule
But now, although our attention and reuerence ſhould exceedeexceed theirs, (as the Apoſtle ſheweth) yet it is farre behinde the ſame. Nay what …
Peter Moffett · The Excellency of the Mystery of Christ Jesus · Open in the reader
Printed
The proposition is: Except your righteousnesse exceedeexceed the righteousnesse of the Scribes & Pharisies, or (as one paraphrasically reades it) Except you …
With rule
The proposition is: Except your righteousnesse exceedeexceed the righteousnesse of the Scribes & Pharisies, or (as one paraphrasically reades it) Except you …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… If the ministration of condemnation be glorie, much more doth the ministration of righteousnes exceedeexceed in glorie. For Continuance; Moses glory is done away; but the glory of Moses …
With rule
… If the ministration of condemnation be glorie, much more doth the ministration of righteousnes exceedeexceed in glorie. For Continuance; Moses glory is done away; but the glory of Moses …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… done amiſſe, who is able to abide it? O how farre doth thy mercy exceedeexceed thy iuſtice? O the deepeneſſe of thy fauours towards vs? So vnſearchable are they …
With rule
… done amiſſe, who is able to abide it? O how farre doth thy mercy exceedeexceed thy iuſtice? O the deepeneſſe of thy fauours towards vs? So vnſearchable are they …
Henry Greenwood · Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… the appurtenances whereto, and the priuiledges whereof are ſuch as paſſe vnderſtanding, and do exceedeexceed all that you can aske or thinke, there is righteouſneſſe and peace, and ioy …
With rule
… the appurtenances whereto, and the priuiledges whereof are ſuch as paſſe vnderſtanding, and do exceedeexceed all that you can aske or thinke, there is righteouſneſſe and peace, and ioy …
Samuel Hieron · The Christians Life-Lode · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the tree growes, the beaſt feeles, and man reaſons, and none of theſe can exceedeexceed their owne nature, or put forth a worke above their nature, ſo that then …
With rule
… the tree growes, the beaſt feeles, and man reaſons, and none of theſe can exceedeexceed their owne nature, or put forth a worke above their nature, ſo that then …
Thomas Hooker · The Unbelievers Preparing for Christ · p. 97 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Rocks Improved A70872

Printed
ExceedeExceed Mans ſearch and full diſcovery.
With rule
ExceedeExceed Mans ſearch and full diſcovery.
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 14 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
ExceedeExceed Mans ſearch and full diſcovery.
With rule
ExceedeExceed Mans ſearch and full diſcovery.
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 14 · Open in the reader