Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #13618 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

diggedignity

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

Puritas changed it: 549 times in 353 works
Consistency: 97.6% (549 of 562)
Reach if approved: ~627 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: dig
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 597 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (549 changes in 353 works, 97.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 549)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… reueale to the ſame, (as her wakefull and ſureſt Intelligencer) the pits which they diggedignity in ſecret for her that lay wait for her ſoule.
With rule
… reueale to the ſame, (as her wakefull and ſureſt Intelligencer) the pits which they diggedignity in ſecret for her that lay wait for her ſoule.
Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of his times; If (ſaith he) according to the Prophecie of Ezekiel, we ſhould diggedignity through the wall, that we might looke into Gods houſe, there will peraduenture appeare …
With rule
… of his times; If (ſaith he) according to the Prophecie of Ezekiel, we ſhould diggedignity through the wall, that we might looke into Gods houſe, there will peraduenture appeare …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commit theſe two euils to forſake God the fountaine of liuing waters, and to diggedignity vnto our ſelues pittes, euen broken pittes, which will hold no water?
With rule
… commit theſe two euils to forſake God the fountaine of liuing waters, and to diggedignity vnto our ſelues pittes, euen broken pittes, which will hold no water?
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with misery, she …orgot to go down by the boughs to the roote, and diggedignity out the ground of her calamitie. Ill she was, and that at hart. Gods …
With rule
… with misery, she …orgot to go down by the boughs to the roote, and diggedignity out the ground of her calamitie. Ill she was, and that at hart. Gods …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 256 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the vsuall reading and declining of the Verbe Carah, that signifieth to pearce or diggedignity. Againe, where it is redde otherwise, if it be rightly pointed, as it is …
With rule
… the vsuall reading and declining of the Verbe Carah, that signifieth to pearce or diggedignity. Againe, where it is redde otherwise, if it be rightly pointed, as it is …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs, & is not eaſily ſhaken of: it is deepely rooted, ſo that vnleſſe we diggedignity very deepe, wee are ſure to leaue the rootes ſtil behinde, which wil growe …
With rule
… vs, & is not eaſily ſhaken of: it is deepely rooted, ſo that vnleſſe we diggedignity very deepe, wee are ſure to leaue the rootes ſtil behinde, which wil growe …
George Gifford · Four Sermons Upon the Seven Chief Virtues · Open in the reader
Printed
… much adoe to get into it, Matth. 13. 44. A hid Treasure, but that we must diggedignity very sore for it: Matth. 13. 46. A rich Pearle; but rated at such a high …
With rule
… much adoe to get into it, Matth. 13. 44. A hid Treasure, but that we must diggedignity very sore for it: Matth. 13. 46. A rich Pearle; but rated at such a high …
Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 99 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Salem they haue as fine cleare Water as wee can desire, and we may diggedignity Wels and finde Water where we list.
With rule
… Salem they haue as fine cleare Water as wee can desire, and we may diggedignity Wels and finde Water where we list.
Francis Higginson · New Englands Plantation · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

7 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.

A Treatise of Faith A03064

Printed
… and ſtrong in the Lord, and through faith thou ſhalt be more then conquerour. DiggeDignity vp the fallow ground of thy heart, that the word of the Kingdome may …
With rule
… and ſtrong in the Lord, and through faith thou ſhalt be more then conquerour. DiggeDignity vp the fallow ground of thy heart, that the word of the Kingdome may …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 386 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Judges A10933

Printed
… better borne then the common ſort, and many more, who ſay with the Steward; DiggeDignity I cannot and to begge I am aſhamed, and liue I muſt ſome way …
With rule
… better borne then the common ſort, and many more, who ſay with the Steward; DiggeDignity I cannot and to begge I am aſhamed, and liue I muſt ſome way …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 428 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… Hereupon our wise men have said, that (the master) should not say unto him, DiggeDignity under the vines untill I come; for loe he giveth him no determined stint …
With rule
… Hereupon our wise men have said, that (the master) should not say unto him, DiggeDignity under the vines untill I come; for loe he giveth him no determined stint …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 162 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Moral Law A14909

Printed
… therefore their children when they come to age, ſay with him in the Goſpell, DiggeDignity I cannot, and to begge I am aſhamed. Luc. 16.3. therefore I will falſifie my …
With rule
… therefore their children when they come to age, ſay with him in the Goſpell, DiggeDignity I cannot, and to begge I am aſhamed. Luc. 16.3. therefore I will falſifie my …
John Weemes · Exposition of the Moral Law · p. 219 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… this Tower and watch; To another, Make thou good theſe Trenches; To a third, DiggeDignity thou in this Mine. Hee that giues, and knowes our abilities, can beſt ſet …
With rule
… this Tower and watch; To another, Make thou good theſe Trenches; To a third, DiggeDignity thou in this Mine. Hee that giues, and knowes our abilities, can beſt ſet …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 927 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 A85667

Printed
DiggeDignity in the wall, and behold, a doore.
With rule
DiggeDignity in the wall, and behold, a doore.
William Greenhill · Exposition of Ezekiel 6-13 · p. 161 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Self-Denial A90811

Printed
… as our Saviour, Hebrews 5.7. Hee can meditate in the Word day and night, Pſal. 1.2. DiggeDignity for knowledge as for hid treaſures, Prov. 2.4. and Plough up his fallow ground, Jer …
With rule
… as our Saviour, Hebrews 5.7. Hee can meditate in the Word day and night, Pſal. 1.2. DiggeDignity for knowledge as for hid treaſures, Prov. 2.4. and Plough up his fallow ground, Jer …
Theophilus Polwheile · A Treatise of Self-Denial · p. 266 · Open in the reader