Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #13730 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ingagedengaged

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

Puritas changed it: 2,837 times in 1,116 works
Consistency: 99.5% (2,837 of 2,851)
Reach if approved: ~3,094 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: engaged
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,945 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,837 changes in 1,116 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,837)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… mercy in the pardon of them, is like vnto an ill debter, who being ingagedengaged in ten thouſand talents to his creditor, and an execution out againſt him, doth …
With rule
… mercy in the pardon of them, is like vnto an ill debter, who being ingagedengaged in ten thouſand talents to his creditor, and an execution out againſt him, doth …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 558 · Open in the reader
Printed
We are ingagedengaged to love the Lord.
With rule
We are ingagedengaged to love the Lord.
John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · Open in the reader
Printed
… highest place of rule and dignitie in this our Church, whereby you are farre ingagedengaged to patronize the truth of God, and the established and resolued Doctrines of our …
With rule
… highest place of rule and dignitie in this our Church, whereby you are farre ingagedengaged to patronize the truth of God, and the established and resolued Doctrines of our …
William Prynne · The Perpetuity of a Regenerate Mans Estate · Open in the reader
Printed
… Papists are most corrupt in those things, where their honor, ease or profit is ingagedengaged, but in the doctrine of the Trinitie, which doth not touch upon these things …
With rule
… Papists are most corrupt in those things, where their honor, ease or profit is ingagedengaged, but in the doctrine of the Trinitie, which doth not touch upon these things …
Richard Sibbes · The Bruised Reed · p. 269 · Open in the reader
Printed
… taken in battell by an handfull of Polonians. And when Ferdinand that now is▪ ingagedengaged the halfe of Austria to the Duke of Bavaria to assist him in the …
With rule
… taken in battell by an handfull of Polonians. And when Ferdinand that now is▪ ingagedengaged the halfe of Austria to the Duke of Bavaria to assist him in the …
William Struther · A Looking Glass for Princes and Peoples Delivered · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… muſt the ancient inheritance bee morgaged, then muſt their beſt and deareſt friends be ingagedengaged, then Seruants and Tenants muſt be brought to the ſtake, and bound for more …
With rule
… muſt the ancient inheritance bee morgaged, then muſt their beſt and deareſt friends be ingagedengaged, then Seruants and Tenants muſt be brought to the ſtake, and bound for more …
Henry Wilkinson Sr · The Debt Book · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aciem collo…vit; that so being hemmed in before and behind, they might be ingagedengaged to fight manfully without starting away. And to instance in later times; our Richard …
With rule
… aciem collo…vit; that so being hemmed in before and behind, they might be ingagedengaged to fight manfully without starting away. And to instance in later times; our Richard …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Holy War · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt to receiue grace, but likewiſe the gracious promiſes whereby the great God hath ingagedengaged himſelfe as a debtour to his poore creature, for all things needfull to life …
With rule
… Chriſt to receiue grace, but likewiſe the gracious promiſes whereby the great God hath ingagedengaged himſelfe as a debtour to his poore creature, for all things needfull to life …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

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

Christian Behavior A30128

Printed
… living with unbelieving Masters, are greatly ingagedengaged to be bot… watchful, faithful, and trusty. IngagedEngaged▪ I say, 1. From the consideration of th… condition of their Master; for, he bein …
With rule
… living with unbelieving Masters, are greatly ingagedengaged to be bot… watchful, faithful, and trusty. IngagedEngaged▪ I say, 1. From the consideration of th… condition of their Master; for, he bein …
John Bunyan · Christian Behavior · p. 88 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

Printed
… Cards, Dice, Paſtimes and Revellings, This is their Pleaſure, Complacency, and their Hears are IngagedEngaged in ſuch Delights: But to ſit up a little time for Holy Duties (Prayers …
With rule
… Cards, Dice, Paſtimes and Revellings, This is their Pleaſure, Complacency, and their Hears are IngagedEngaged in ſuch Delights: But to ſit up a little time for Holy Duties (Prayers …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 200 · Open in the reader

A Defense of Sundry Positions of the Congregational Way A82508

Printed
Exod. 12.47. IngagedEngaged by covenant to ſerve God together. page 40
With rule
Exod. 12.47. IngagedEngaged by covenant to ſerve God together. page 40
Samuel Eaton · A Defense of Sundry Positions of the Congregational Way · Open in the reader

The Steadfastness of Promises and the Sinfulness of Staggering A90291

Printed
… Religion, or the Kingdom of Babel, in the whole Nation, in Oppoſition to the IngagedEngaged Truth, and in our dayes viſibly manifeſted Power of the Lord Jeſus: with ſundry …
With rule
… Religion, or the Kingdom of Babel, in the whole Nation, in Oppoſition to the IngagedEngaged Truth, and in our dayes viſibly manifeſted Power of the Lord Jeſus: with ſundry …
John Owen · The Steadfastness of Promises and the Sinfulness of Staggering · p. 37 · Open in the reader

True Piety the Best Policy for Times of War N02021

Printed
… wicked thing; and ſhould yet be peculiarly and eſpecially careful to avoid it, when IngagedEngaged in War againſt our enemies.
With rule
… wicked thing; and ſhould yet be peculiarly and eſpecially careful to avoid it, when IngagedEngaged in War againſt our enemies.
Benjamin Wadsworth · True Piety the Best Policy for Times of War · p. 4 · Open in the reader