Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #14408 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

disswadeddissuaded

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

Puritas changed it: 682 times in 434 works
Consistency: 98.8% (682 of 690)
Reach if approved: ~725 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dissuaded
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 690 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (682 changes in 434 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 682)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… with an opposite Oratour more eloquent, and vehement, then the former, be as lightly disswadeddissuaded from it, and perswaded to the contrarie. As a woman overcuriously trimmed, is to …
With rule
… with an opposite Oratour more eloquent, and vehement, then the former, be as lightly disswadeddissuaded from it, and perswaded to the contrarie. As a woman overcuriously trimmed, is to …
John Robinson · Observations Divine and Moral · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of mankind to the bottome, and there see how ordinary men may bee discreetly disswadeddissuaded from ordinary sinnes. For example, If you would get Vsury from a man, I …
With rule
… of mankind to the bottome, and there see how ordinary men may bee discreetly disswadeddissuaded from ordinary sinnes. For example, If you would get Vsury from a man, I …
Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 511 · Open in the reader
Printed
Vehemently disswadeddissuaded.
With rule
Vehemently disswadeddissuaded.
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 457 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as for those that make no conscience of their courses, they will not be disswadeddissuaded from them, though it be neuer so euidently discouered vnto them in what manner …
With rule
… as for those that make no conscience of their courses, they will not be disswadeddissuaded from them, though it be neuer so euidently discouered vnto them in what manner …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 262 · Open in the reader
Printed
… toke from Henry the Emperour, but that S. Bernard being then of great credite disswadeddissuaded him About this time was VVilliam bishop of Yorke called S. VVilliam of Yorke …
With rule
… toke from Henry the Emperour, but that S. Bernard being then of great credite disswadeddissuaded him About this time was VVilliam bishop of Yorke called S. VVilliam of Yorke …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 92 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo all men that haue conceaued any perſwaſion in their mynde, will not be diſſwadeddissuaded agayne, vnles that conceit of theirs, wherwith they be as it were bewitched, be …
With rule
… ſo all men that haue conceaued any perſwaſion in their mynde, will not be diſſwadeddissuaded agayne, vnles that conceit of theirs, wherwith they be as it were bewitched, be …
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Oratiō. No inordinate deſires, no ſedicious coūſels raigned in him. He exhorted to peace & diſſwadeddissuaded war. He medled not priuate care w^t eccleſiaſtical cauſes, ther by to enrich himſelf …
With rule
… Oratiō. No inordinate deſires, no ſedicious coūſels raigned in him. He exhorted to peace & diſſwadeddissuaded war. He medled not priuate care w^t eccleſiaſtical cauſes, ther by to enrich himſelf …
Philipp Melanchthon · History of Three Renowned Reformers · Open in the reader
Printed
… to remiſſeneſſe towards. Heretiques, or any way to collude or fauour them, they preſently diſſwadeddissuaded them, ſometimes by milde admonitions, and ſometimes by ſeuerer increpations and cenſures. So at …
With rule
… to remiſſeneſſe towards. Heretiques, or any way to collude or fauour them, they preſently diſſwadeddissuaded them, ſometimes by milde admonitions, and ſometimes by ſeuerer increpations and cenſures. So at …
Gabriel Powel · Refutation of a Puritan-Papist · p. 33 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (8)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

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

Printed
… an Hundred times more,] this he wiſely wiſht, leſt David ſhould ſuſpect that he DiſſwadedDissuaded him out of Diſ-affection to him.
With rule
… an Hundred times more,] this he wiſely wiſht, leſt David ſhould ſuſpect that he DiſſwadedDissuaded him out of Diſ-affection to him.
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 426 · Open in the reader

The Unreasonableness of Separation A61632

Printed
… it was soon resolved, that the Sermon must be cried down, and the People DisswadedDissuaded, by all means, from Reading it. If any of them were Talked with about …
With rule
… it was soon resolved, that the Sermon must be cried down, and the People DisswadedDissuaded, by all means, from Reading it. If any of them were Talked with about …
Edward Stillingfleet · The Unreasonableness of Separation · p. li · Open in the reader

Saul and David Compared A61680

Printed
… all his ſeeming Excellency; let all ſo…ts of Perſons th…n be hence DiſſwadedDissuaded, from b…ing Quieted in Sauls Condition, or ſatisfied with his Attainments. And one …
With rule
… all his ſeeming Excellency; let all ſo…ts of Perſons th…n be hence DiſſwadedDissuaded, from b…ing Quieted in Sauls Condition, or ſatisfied with his Attainments. And one …
Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… others upon doing ſervice with Good will, Eph. …. 7; ſo alſo himſelf could not be DiſſwadedDissuaded from that duty which was accompanied with greateſt Danger, Act. 21. 13; and was gladly ſpent …
With rule
… others upon doing ſervice with Good will, Eph. …. 7; ſo alſo himſelf could not be DiſſwadedDissuaded from that duty which was accompanied with greateſt Danger, Act. 21. 13; and was gladly ſpent …
Benjamin Stonham · Saul and David Compared · p. 106 · Open in the reader

Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 A70866

Printed
… by Letter exhorts all his Dioceſans to aſſiſt him againſt theſe his violent proceedings, 742, 743. DiſſwadedDissuaded from Viſiting St. Albans, by reaſon of its priviledges, 742. Held his Metropolitical Viſitation by …
With rule
… by Letter exhorts all his Dioceſans to aſſiſt him againſt theſe his violent proceedings, 742, 743. DiſſwadedDissuaded from Viſiting St. Albans, by reaſon of its priviledges, 742. Held his Metropolitical Viſitation by …
William Prynne · Vindication of Ecclesiastical Volume 3 · Open in the reader