Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #12656 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

immoveableimmovable

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

Puritas changed it: 645 times in 394 works
Consistency: 96.4% (645 of 669)
Reach if approved: ~703 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 669 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (645 changes in 394 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 645)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Mobile, and from the firſt Moveable to the firſt Mover, who muſt neceſſarily be immoveableimmovable, and ſo by motion commeth vnto reſt; Of which Ariſtotle is a moſt copious …
With rule
… Mobile, and from the firſt Moveable to the firſt Mover, who muſt neceſſarily be immoveableimmovable, and ſo by motion commeth vnto reſt; Of which Ariſtotle is a moſt copious …
Peter du Moulin Jr · Oration in the Praise of Divinity · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the air, and therefore seems nothing more moveable, yet indeed there is nothing more immoveableimmovable, all the winds and storms that overthrow other things that have foundations, cannot stir …
With rule
… the air, and therefore seems nothing more moveable, yet indeed there is nothing more immoveableimmovable, all the winds and storms that overthrow other things that have foundations, cannot stir …
George Abbot · Notes on the Book of Psalms · p. 479 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that which is moved. Thence he inferr'd, that there are as many permanent and immoveableimmovable ſubſtances. This is what he teaches in his Metaphyſicks Book the 14th. cap. 18. And …
With rule
… that which is moved. Thence he inferr'd, that there are as many permanent and immoveableimmovable ſubſtances. This is what he teaches in his Metaphyſicks Book the 14th. cap. 18. And …
Balthasar Bekker · The World Bewitched · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eſſe that which upholdeth were ſufficient to beare the weight. Wherefore the Bridegroome ſtandeth immoveableimmovable on ſuch ſtrong baſes: And leſt we ſhould thinke that his ſtrength wanteth beauty …
With rule
… eſſe that which upholdeth were ſufficient to beare the weight. Wherefore the Bridegroome ſtandeth immoveableimmovable on ſuch ſtrong baſes: And leſt we ſhould thinke that his ſtrength wanteth beauty …
Thomas Brightman · A Commentary on the Song of Solomon · p. 1040 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if men after much preaching, yea after many judgements and mercies, remain obdurate and immoveableimmovable in their wickedneſs. This text tels you the cauſe of all. They have hearts …
With rule
… if men after much preaching, yea after many judgements and mercies, remain obdurate and immoveableimmovable in their wickedneſs. This text tels you the cauſe of all. They have hearts …
Anthony Burgess · Spiritual Refining · p. 515 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all things, the more stedfastly will he hold that which is good, and stand immoveableimmovable against the sleights and solicitations of men. Againe, how easily would our owne evill …
With rule
… all things, the more stedfastly will he hold that which is good, and stand immoveableimmovable against the sleights and solicitations of men. Againe, how easily would our owne evill …
Edward Reynolds · Explication of Psalm 110 · p. 192 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is in termino (as we say) he is in his bounds, his nature is immoveableimmovable; he is in Hell in regard of his estate, though he be loose to …
With rule
… is in termino (as we say) he is in his bounds, his nature is immoveableimmovable; he is in Hell in regard of his estate, though he be loose to …
Richard Sibbes · Evangelical Sacrifices · p. 214 · Open in the reader
Printed
… than motion; the reſt of the elements are moved, and onely the earth ſtandeth immoveableimmovable, ſhe ſitteth like a Queene, whereas all the reſt are in motion. Sixtly, the …
With rule
… than motion; the reſt of the elements are moved, and onely the earth ſtandeth immoveableimmovable, ſhe ſitteth like a Queene, whereas all the reſt are in motion. Sixtly, the …
John Weemes · Observations Natural and Moral · p. 13 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

15 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 are listed here. 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Observations Natural and Moral A14910

Printed
… to the nature of it; for the nature of the Center, is to be ImmoveableImmovable: and if it could be ſo, then the heavens were turned about that which …
With rule
… to the nature of it; for the nature of the Center, is to be ImmoveableImmovable: and if it could be ſo, then the heavens were turned about that which …
John Weemes · Observations Natural and Moral · p. 11 · Open in the reader

A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry A25212

Printed
§. 2. I know no Reason why any party should be the ImmoveableImmovable Mountain, that is too stiff in the hams to Come to Christ; I have …
With rule
§. 2. I know no Reason why any party should be the ImmoveableImmovable Mountain, that is too stiff in the hams to Come to Christ; I have …
Vincent Alsop · A Sober Inquiry Into the Reasonings of the Serious Inquiry · p. 202 · Open in the reader

The Orphans Legacy A42922

Printed
3. The Chattels Real without Life and ImmoveableImmovable, that go to the Executors, are generally and for the moſt part in Houſes …
With rule
3. The Chattels Real without Life and ImmoveableImmovable, that go to the Executors, are generally and for the moſt part in Houſes …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Deviſed the ſame in theſe words, viz. [The reſidue of my Goods, Moveable and ImmoveableImmovable I give to my Son John, whom I make my Executor, and to him …
With rule
… Deviſed the ſame in theſe words, viz. [The reſidue of my Goods, Moveable and ImmoveableImmovable I give to my Son John, whom I make my Executor, and to him …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 259 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as when he ſays, [I give to A. B. all my Goods Moveable and ImmoveableImmovable, and of what kind ſoever, or whereſoever they ſhall be found; or other words …
With rule
… as when he ſays, [I give to A. B. all my Goods Moveable and ImmoveableImmovable, and of what kind ſoever, or whereſoever they ſhall be found; or other words …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 307 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſome formerly held as none of the Teſtators Goods or Chattels either Moveable or ImmoveableImmovable, yet now the Law underſtands Money better than to exclude it out of that …
With rule
… ſome formerly held as none of the Teſtators Goods or Chattels either Moveable or ImmoveableImmovable, yet now the Law underſtands Money better than to exclude it out of that …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 310 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſeveral kinds thereof.—p. 79, &c. §. 1. Reall, Living, and Moveable.—Ibid. §. 2. Reall, Inanimate and ImmoveableImmovable.—Ibid. §. 3. Perſonall, Living, and ImmoveableImmovable.—Ibid. §. 4. Perſonall, Inanimate and Moveable.—Ibid. §, 5. Chattels not Entailable …
With rule
… the ſeveral kinds thereof.—p. 79, &c. §. 1. Reall, Living, and Moveable.—Ibid. §. 2. Reall, Inanimate and ImmoveableImmovable.—Ibid. §. 3. Perſonall, Living, and ImmoveableImmovable.—Ibid. §. 4. Perſonall, Inanimate and Moveable.—Ibid. §, 5. Chattels not Entailable …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · Open in the reader

Sure Footing in Christianity A44897

Printed
… them concludeth. His Argument intire and rightly formed is this. What is built on ImmoveableImmovable grounds, or is certain in it self, hath in it wherewith to settle or …
With rule
… them concludeth. His Argument intire and rightly formed is this. What is built on ImmoveableImmovable grounds, or is certain in it self, hath in it wherewith to settle or …
George Hughes · Sure Footing in Christianity · p. 123 · Open in the reader

The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France A56905

Printed
VIII. We Will that theſe aforeſaid have their Eſtates, Moveable and ImmoveableImmovable, their Priviledges, Titles, Rights, and Suits, Ordered and reſtored to them, notwithſtanding all Condemnations …
With rule
VIII. We Will that theſe aforeſaid have their Eſtates, Moveable and ImmoveableImmovable, their Priviledges, Titles, Rights, and Suits, Ordered and reſtored to them, notwithſtanding all Condemnations …
John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. c · Open in the reader

Concerning Certainty of Faith A61545

Printed
… he excludes the Wills Assistance in these words, That Faith, or a Firm and ImmoveableImmovable Assent upon Authority is not throughly Rational, and by consequence partly Faulty, if the …
With rule
… he excludes the Wills Assistance in these words, That Faith, or a Firm and ImmoveableImmovable Assent upon Authority is not throughly Rational, and by consequence partly Faulty, if the …
Edward Stillingfleet · Concerning Certainty of Faith · p. 114 · Open in the reader