Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #13762 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lingringlingering

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

Puritas changed it: 736 times in 469 works
Consistency: 96.5% (736 of 762)
Reach if approved: ~801 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: lingering
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 762 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (736 changes in 469 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 736)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Story. And now me thinkes I see the shores of England, from which my lingringlingering Pilgrimage hath long detained me: I heare the Bells, and see the Bon-fires …
With rule
… Story. And now me thinkes I see the shores of England, from which my lingringlingering Pilgrimage hath long detained me: I heare the Bells, and see the Bon-fires …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 751 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the runners in this rinke. So did he with the Iewes: they were all lingringlingering at the comming of Chriſt, the Gē tiles comes out after them, and runnes …
With rule
… the runners in this rinke. So did he with the Iewes: they were all lingringlingering at the comming of Chriſt, the Gē tiles comes out after them, and runnes …
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… treaſon, but not for that matter; and Miles Forreſt had a conſuming and a lingringlingering life, for his fleſh did rotte away by peece-meale, and ſo miſerably died …
With rule
… treaſon, but not for that matter; and Miles Forreſt had a conſuming and a lingringlingering life, for his fleſh did rotte away by peece-meale, and ſo miſerably died …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I offer the calves of my lips. But if thou findest thy heart still lingringlingering and prolonging the time in this Sodome, quicken it with these motiues. Doe I …
With rule
… I offer the calves of my lips. But if thou findest thy heart still lingringlingering and prolonging the time in this Sodome, quicken it with these motiues. Doe I …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and will entertaine it, and stay to talke with it. Then there is a lingringlingering delay to stay in it, and a mans conscience telleth him, it is euil …
With rule
… and will entertaine it, and stay to talke with it. Then there is a lingringlingering delay to stay in it, and a mans conscience telleth him, it is euil …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 703 · Open in the reader
Printed
Firſt, he will be lingringlingering and hankering after ſome corruption, he will be playing with edged tooles with the …
With rule
Firſt, he will be lingringlingering and hankering after ſome corruption, he will be playing with edged tooles with the …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 178 · Open in the reader
Printed
… al commands are obeied rightly: in hart without hypocriſie, willinglie without grudging, readilie without lingringlingering, faithfully without altering, ioifully without murmuring, and conſtantly without ceaſing. Their drinke is the …
With rule
… al commands are obeied rightly: in hart without hypocriſie, willinglie without grudging, readilie without lingringlingering, faithfully without altering, ioifully without murmuring, and conſtantly without ceaſing. Their drinke is the …
Richard Bernard · Contemplative Pictures with Wholesome Precepts Part 1 · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the kind of death; for no mā knows whether he shal dy of a lingringlingering or sudden, of a violent or naturall death. Hence it follows, that men should …
With rule
… the kind of death; for no mā knows whether he shal dy of a lingringlingering or sudden, of a violent or naturall death. Hence it follows, that men should …
William Perkins · A Salve for a Sick Man · p. 53 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (26)

18 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 are listed here. 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Husbandry Spiritualized A39665

Printed
… mercy of our creation, how great at sin 206, 207▪ 208 L Learning no plea before God 177 LingringLingering Saints Reflection 127 Longing for heaven, what, and by whom 126 Lost sinners parallel'd with Straying …
With rule
… mercy of our creation, how great at sin 206, 207▪ 208 L Learning no plea before God 177 LingringLingering Saints Reflection 127 Longing for heaven, what, and by whom 126 Lost sinners parallel'd with Straying …
John Flavel · Husbandry Spiritualized · Open in the reader

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

Printed
Remark the 8th The Lord's ſuppoſed LingringLingering was the occaſion of the Virgins ſlumbring and ſleeping, which may not be taken …
With rule
Remark the 8th The Lord's ſuppoſed LingringLingering was the occaſion of the Virgins ſlumbring and ſleeping, which may not be taken …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 177 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had all theſe Aggravations, the moſt Accurſed, the moſt Shamefull, the moſt Painfull, moſt LingringLingering, and the moſt Open and Expoſed Death.
With rule
… had all theſe Aggravations, the moſt Accurſed, the moſt Shamefull, the moſt Painfull, moſt LingringLingering, and the moſt Open and Expoſed Death.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 226 · Open in the reader
Printed
Remark 4. The moſt LingringLingering Death, thoſe Malefactors whom the Romans Crucified, commonly remained many days alive upon the …
With rule
Remark 4. The moſt LingringLingering Death, thoſe Malefactors whom the Romans Crucified, commonly remained many days alive upon the …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that Day, that their Land might not be Defiled, Deut. 21.23. otherwiſe it was a LingringLingering, as well as a painfull Death, a Death that might have lingred and laſted …
With rule
… that Day, that their Land might not be Defiled, Deut. 21.23. otherwiſe it was a LingringLingering, as well as a painfull Death, a Death that might have lingred and laſted …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſweet Saviour to his ſuffering, that worſt of Deaths, (the moſt Accurſed, Shameful, Painful, LingringLingering, and moſt expoſed Death) upon the Croſs; where he was Hanged thereon, as our …
With rule
… ſweet Saviour to his ſuffering, that worſt of Deaths, (the moſt Accurſed, Shameful, Painful, LingringLingering, and moſt expoſed Death) upon the Croſs; where he was Hanged thereon, as our …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 253 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Revelation A55917

Printed
LingringLingering torments by the Spirituall Locuſts 179.
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LingringLingering torments by the Spirituall Locuſts 179.
David Pareus · Commentary on Revelation · Open in the reader

Practical Discourses on Sickness and Recovery A57579

Printed
… those whose Grace is eminently strong and who are alwayes ready, to dye without LingringLingering Pains and a Complication of acute and violent Diseases, which make Death much more …
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… those whose Grace is eminently strong and who are alwayes ready, to dye without LingringLingering Pains and a Complication of acute and violent Diseases, which make Death much more …
Timothy Rogers · Practical Discourses on Sickness and Recovery · p. 56 · Open in the reader

Saul and David Compared A61680

Printed
… Deut. 7. 2. Now theſe Ammonites deſcended of Lots younger Daughter, who being in Sodom, and LingringLingering there, by that Means loſt her Husband, Gen. 19. 14; and having an inordinate deſire of …
With rule
… Deut. 7. 2. Now theſe Ammonites deſcended of Lots younger Daughter, who being in Sodom, and LingringLingering there, by that Means loſt her Husband, Gen. 19. 14; and having an inordinate deſire of …
Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 28 · Open in the reader

Contentment Leading a Christian A64253

Printed
LingringLingering sicknesse: how to be borne contentedly. 111
With rule
LingringLingering sicknesse: how to be borne contentedly. 111
Thomas Taylor · Contentment Leading a Christian · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened A71078

Printed
… will never be a Faithful Chriſtian, 2 Tim. 2. 3. Therefore a Gracious Heart is not for LingringLingering till the ſtorm be over, becauſe he longeth to be Maſter of that great …
With rule
… will never be a Faithful Chriſtian, 2 Tim. 2. 3. Therefore a Gracious Heart is not for LingringLingering till the ſtorm be over, becauſe he longeth to be Maſter of that great …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 149 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gal. 1. 16. but do immediately endeavour to comply with ſignifi…d Duty, Acts 16. 10. Whereas Lot's LingringLingering ſtill in Sodom, Gen. 19. 16. after a double Item given, v. 12. 15. did plainly evidence he …
With rule
… Gal. 1. 16. but do immediately endeavour to comply with ſignifi…d Duty, Acts 16. 10. Whereas Lot's LingringLingering ſtill in Sodom, Gen. 19. 16. after a double Item given, v. 12. 15. did plainly evidence he …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 154 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Drift and their own Intereſt, who are more fearful of being Haſty, than of LingringLingering, as to their Sober Expectations of this kind.
With rule
… Drift and their own Intereſt, who are more fearful of being Haſty, than of LingringLingering, as to their Sober Expectations of this kind.
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
16. LingringLingering too long in Spiritual Sodom, as ſometimes Lot did, Gen. 19. 16. whoſe Day was Typical …
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16. LingringLingering too long in Spiritual Sodom, as ſometimes Lot did, Gen. 19. 16. whoſe Day was Typical …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 287 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that wherein the Son of Man will be Revealed, Luke 17. 28, 29, 30. The Reaſon of whoſe LingringLingering then (perhaps) might be his caſting about to ſave ſome of his better ſtuff …
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… that wherein the Son of Man will be Revealed, Luke 17. 28, 29, 30. The Reaſon of whoſe LingringLingering then (perhaps) might be his caſting about to ſave ſome of his better ſtuff …
Benjamin Stonham · The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened · p. 287 · Open in the reader

Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed A77667

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… that ſeemes to hold good quarte… with a Delinquent; no Terrour no Ignominy, no LingringLingering; as ſoot ended, as begunne; and in which the Senſe hath no leiſure to …
With rule
… that ſeemes to hold good quarte… with a Delinquent; no Terrour no Ignominy, no LingringLingering; as ſoot ended, as begunne; and in which the Senſe hath no leiſure to …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Creed · p. 75 · Open in the reader

The Combat Between the Flesh and Spirit A88580

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… becauſe more inſenſibly and unperceivingly cauſe the ſhip to miſcarry, as a violent ſtorme. LingringLingering conſumptions do kill men, as ſurely as violent burning fevers; it is true, a …
With rule
… becauſe more inſenſibly and unperceivingly cauſe the ſhip to miſcarry, as a violent ſtorme. LingringLingering conſumptions do kill men, as ſurely as violent burning fevers; it is true, a …
Christopher Love · The Combat Between the Flesh and Spirit · p. 215 · Open in the reader