Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12440 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

drestdressed

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

Puritas changed it: 558 times in 354 works
Consistency: 97.8% (558 of 570)
Reach if approved: ~599 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dressed
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 570 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (558 changes in 354 works, 97.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 558)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… estate which all mankind most readily would have done Homage too: as easily have drestdressed his Person with a blaze of Pompe and Splendor, as his Birth-day with …
With rule
… estate which all mankind most readily would have done Homage too: as easily have drestdressed his Person with a blaze of Pompe and Splendor, as his Birth-day with …
Richard Allestree · A Sermon Preached 31 December 1665 · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cloathed with immortality. But if he had been drawn from his Study, where he drestdressed that Idol of Iniquity, to appear before the Magistrates, to give an account of …
With rule
… cloathed with immortality. But if he had been drawn from his Study, where he drestdressed that Idol of Iniquity, to appear before the Magistrates, to give an account of …
William Bates · The Harmony of the Divine Attributes in Mans Redemption · p. 475 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them clean; and would walk with …s in thoſe gardens, if we kept them dreſtdressed: But if we will defile his Temple, and make … unpleaſing unto him, he will …
With rule
… them clean; and would walk with …s in thoſe gardens, if we kept them dreſtdressed: But if we will defile his Temple, and make … unpleaſing unto him, he will …
Richard Baxter · The Mischiefs of Self-Ignorance · Open in the reader
Printed
Deuotelie ſall ȝour Dirige be dreſtdressed.
With rule
Deuotelie ſall ȝour Dirige be dreſtdressed.
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Marriages, or Coronation of their Kings. Many gallants will then meete together, diuersly drestdressed; some with Crownes & Feathers, some with shels about their legges instead of bels, to …
With rule
… the Marriages, or Coronation of their Kings. Many gallants will then meete together, diuersly drestdressed; some with Crownes & Feathers, some with shels about their legges instead of bels, to …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 696 · Open in the reader
Printed
… come daily to inuite vs, whilſt her gates ſtand open, & her dinner ſtands ready dreſtdressed, whilſt her meſſage is done vnto vs, all this time, if a man will …
With rule
… come daily to inuite vs, whilſt her gates ſtand open, & her dinner ſtands ready dreſtdressed, whilſt her meſſage is done vnto vs, all this time, if a man will …
William Whately · The Redemption of Time 2 · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be void: and others cannot but resemble it to Horace his Daw, which was drestdressed and pranked in other Birds feathers, being otherwise naked and bare: nay, my selfe …
With rule
… be void: and others cannot but resemble it to Horace his Daw, which was drestdressed and pranked in other Birds feathers, being otherwise naked and bare: nay, my selfe …
Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · Open in the reader
Printed
… dayes, hee that is now a king should bee but as one that were drestdressed in a players apparell, to play an enterlude vppon a stage. But yet for …
With rule
… dayes, hee that is now a king should bee but as one that were drestdressed in a players apparell, to play an enterlude vppon a stage. But yet for …
John Calvin · Sermons on Deuteronomy · p. 63 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Hymns or Sacred Songs A03826

Printed
DrestDressed all in …ule sall march their cos…h about,
With rule
DrestDressed all in …ule sall march their cos…h about,
Alexander Hume · Hymns or Sacred Songs · p. 38 · Open in the reader

The History of Joseph A35338

Printed
DreſtDressed with the reſt in ſcarlet equipage,
With rule
DreſtDressed with the reſt in ſcarlet equipage,
Daniel Cudmore · The History of Joseph · p. 14 · Open in the reader

A New Martyrology A63966

Printed
DrestDressed in as many neat, convenient shapes.
With rule
DrestDressed in as many neat, convenient shapes.
John Tutchin · A New Martyrology · p. 162 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened A71078

Printed
… had firſt put on her Coat again, v. 3. 5. But when a Child is Neatly DreſtDressed, how is it Dandled by its Father; ſo will the King Deſire his Spouſe's …
With rule
… had firſt put on her Coat again, v. 3. 5. But when a Child is Neatly DreſtDressed, how is it Dandled by its Father; ſo will the King Deſire his Spouſe's …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Glaſs; by which the Scriptures are reſembled; in order unto our being Compleatly-DreſtDressed, 2 Cor. 3. 18. Mens Words and Actions are ſome kind of Looking-glaſs, but moſtly falſe …
With rule
… the Glaſs; by which the Scriptures are reſembled; in order unto our being Compleatly-DreſtDressed, 2 Cor. 3. 18. Mens Words and Actions are ſome kind of Looking-glaſs, but moſtly falſe …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 234 · Open in the reader
Printed
… intended here. Chriſt's Coat was of one piece, John 19. 23. to ſignifie (perhaps) his being DreſtDressed at once: But we (poor Creatures) muſt be daily Adding, 2 Pet. 1. 5. Graces are called …
With rule
… intended here. Chriſt's Coat was of one piece, John 19. 23. to ſignifie (perhaps) his being DreſtDressed at once: But we (poor Creatures) muſt be daily Adding, 2 Pet. 1. 5. Graces are called …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 264 · Open in the reader