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Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #13973 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

unmoveableimmovable

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

Puritas changed it
651 times in 421 works
Consistency
97.1% (651 of 670)
Reach if approved
~909 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
865 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (651 changes in 421 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 651)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … against him, causing his Arme, which he had stretched out, to stand stedfast and unmoveableimmovable, so that he could not pull it in; and benumming his whole body, so …
    With rule
    … against him, causing his Arme, which he had stretched out, to stand stedfast and unmoveableimmovable, so that he could not pull it in; and benumming his whole body, so …

    Richard Younge · The Drunkards Character · p. 315 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in Time, and therefore as St. Paul exhorts, 1 Cor. 15.58. Brethren, be ye stedfast, and unmoveableimmovable, your hope being not in vain in the Lord: we look for a City …
    With rule
    … in Time, and therefore as St. Paul exhorts, 1 Cor. 15.58. Brethren, be ye stedfast, and unmoveableimmovable, your hope being not in vain in the Lord: we look for a City …

    Richard Allestree · The Whole Duty of Mourning and Preparing Ourselves for Death · p. 121 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … even upon unsensible creatures: That not onely the trees, but also the mightie and unmoveableimmovable mountains whereon they grow are shaken by it, and seem to jump up out …
    With rule
    … even upon unsensible creatures: That not onely the trees, but also the mightie and unmoveableimmovable mountains whereon they grow are shaken by it, and seem to jump up out …

    George Abbot · Notes on the Book of Psalms · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … where they can but ſay, that the Prelatical Divines are of another judgement, how unmoveableimmovable are they, though they have nothing elſe to ſay? Try when we come to …
    With rule
    … where they can but ſay, that the Prelatical Divines are of another judgement, how unmoveableimmovable are they, though they have nothing elſe to ſay? Try when we come to …

    Richard Baxter · The Reformed Pastor · p. 194 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … not ſuch an abſolute Legiſlative and Executive Power in every Community thus fixed, and unmoveableimmovable, and accountable only to God; the Reſtleſs Love of Change would be always diſturbing …
    With rule
    … not ſuch an abſolute Legiſlative and Executive Power in every Community thus fixed, and unmoveableimmovable, and accountable only to God; the Reſtleſs Love of Change would be always diſturbing …

    Thomas Beverley · A Catholic Catechism · p. 141 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and other graces, with the comforts of Gods holy Spirit, will ſet us as unmoveableimmovable as a rock in the ſea, amidſt the greateſt waves and ſtormes whatſoever.
    With rule
    … and other graces, with the comforts of Gods holy Spirit, will ſet us as unmoveableimmovable as a rock in the ſea, amidſt the greateſt waves and ſtormes whatſoever.

    Thomas Hooker · The Souls Implantation into the Natural Olive · p. 303 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … allure us, as the price unto which we p…este. Be ye stedfast and unmoveableimmovable and abound alwaies in the worke of the Lord, saith the Apostle, for as …
    With rule
    … allure us, as the price unto which we p…este. Be ye stedfast and unmoveableimmovable and abound alwaies in the worke of the Lord, saith the Apostle, for as …

    Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 365 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … intermission with billowes and waves tossed by the windes against it, yet it abides unmoveableimmovable.
    With rule
    … intermission with billowes and waves tossed by the windes against it, yet it abides unmoveableimmovable.

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Victory Over the Dragon · p. 602 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

12 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Apology for the Hope of the Kingdom of Christ Within 1697 A27580

  • Printed
    … Connexion of one thing to another, ſo Juſt, ſo True, ſo Stedfaſt, and ſo UnmoveableImmovable, that they cannot be diſlocated, nor Disjoynted; And the Numbers of Scripture-Time ſo …
    With rule
    … Connexion of one thing to another, ſo Juſt, ſo True, ſo Stedfaſt, and ſo UnmoveableImmovable, that they cannot be diſlocated, nor Disjoynted; And the Numbers of Scripture-Time ſo …

    Thomas Beverley · An Apology for the Hope of the Kingdom of Christ Within 1697 · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The Second thing, that I moſt Humbly deſire to be Stedfaſt, UnmoveableImmovable, Unſhaken in, and upon, is the Exceeding R…s of the Grace, and Loving …
    With rule
    The Second thing, that I moſt Humbly deſire to be Stedfaſt, UnmoveableImmovable, Unſhaken in, and upon, is the Exceeding R…s of the Grace, and Loving …

    Thomas Beverley · An Apology for the Hope of the Kingdom of Christ Within 1697 · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Parable of the Ten Virgins A27619

  • Printed
    … Connexion of one thing to another, ſo Juſt, ſo True, ſo Stedfaſt, and ſo UnmoveableImmovable, that they cannot be diſlocated, nor Disjoynted; And the Numbers of Scripture Time ſo …
    With rule
    … Connexion of one thing to another, ſo Juſt, ſo True, ſo Stedfaſt, and ſo UnmoveableImmovable, that they cannot be diſlocated, nor Disjoynted; And the Numbers of Scripture Time ſo …

    Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    The Second thing, that I moſt Humbly deſire to be Stedfaſt, UnmoveableImmovable, Unſhaken in, and upon, is the Exceeding Riches of the Grace, and Loving Kindneſs …
    With rule
    The Second thing, that I moſt Humbly deſire to be Stedfaſt, UnmoveableImmovable, Unſhaken in, and upon, is the Exceeding Riches of the Grace, and Loving Kindneſs …

    Thomas Beverley · The Parable of the Ten Virgins · p. 22 · Open in the reader

The Faith of Dying Jacob A41635

  • Printed
    6. 'Tis the Soveraign, Insuperable, Irresistible and UnmoveableImmovable God, who doth whatever pleaseth him; whose Angels or Chariots so called for speed …
    With rule
    6. 'Tis the Soveraign, Insuperable, Irresistible and UnmoveableImmovable God, who doth whatever pleaseth him; whose Angels or Chariots so called for speed …

    Robert Gouge · The Faith of Dying Jacob · p. 119 · Open in the reader

Works of Hooker A44334

  • Printed
    … of any thing, unless there were some first which moved all things, and continued UnmoveableImmovable; even so in Politick Societies, there must be some unpunishable, or else no Man …
    With rule
    … of any thing, unless there were some first which moved all things, and continued UnmoveableImmovable; even so in Politick Societies, there must be some unpunishable, or else no Man …

    Richard Hooker · Works of Hooker · p. 29 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    UnmoveableImmovable, setled places to dwell in, 2 Sam. 20. 1. 1 King. 12. 16. 2 King. 13. 5. & 14. 12.
    With rule
    UnmoveableImmovable, setled places to dwell in, 2 Sam. 20. 1. 1 King. 12. 16. 2 King. 13. 5. & 14. 12.

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 646 · Open in the reader

The Resurrection and the Reward to Come Considered A67106

  • Printed
    Therefore, my beloved Brethren, be ye Stedfast, UnmoveableImmovable, always Abounding in the work of the Lord, for asmuch as you know that …
    With rule
    Therefore, my beloved Brethren, be ye Stedfast, UnmoveableImmovable, always Abounding in the work of the Lord, for asmuch as you know that …

    John Worthington · The Resurrection and the Reward to Come Considered · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    Reason, Christians must be Stedfast, for else they cannot be UnmoveableImmovable.
    With rule
    Reason, Christians must be Stedfast, for else they cannot be UnmoveableImmovable.

    John Worthington · The Resurrection and the Reward to Come Considered · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … by your Life and Spirit, your Conversation and Disposition, that you are Stedfast and UnmoveableImmovable in these Fundamentals of Christian Religion; that so living agreeably to these Truths, ye …
    With rule
    … by your Life and Spirit, your Conversation and Disposition, that you are Stedfast and UnmoveableImmovable in these Fundamentals of Christian Religion; that so living agreeably to these Truths, ye …

    John Worthington · The Resurrection and the Reward to Come Considered · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … him with Affairs, Vers. 24. Now what was it that did make them Stedfast and UnmoveableImmovable unto the last, what was it that did comfort them in the midst of …
    With rule
    … him with Affairs, Vers. 24. Now what was it that did make them Stedfast and UnmoveableImmovable unto the last, what was it that did comfort them in the midst of …

    John Worthington · The Resurrection and the Reward to Come Considered · p. 40 · Open in the reader

A Complete Body of Divinity N02384

  • Printed
    … it. Faith ſo carries the Man to, an… builds him upon Him, as an UnmoveableImmovable Foundation, as an Everlaſting Rock. God i… Chriſt is called a Reſting Place; and …
    With rule
    … it. Faith ſo carries the Man to, an… builds him upon Him, as an UnmoveableImmovable Foundation, as an Everlaſting Rock. God i… Chriſt is called a Reſting Place; and …

    Samuel Willard · A Complete Body of Divinity · p. 790 · Open in the reader