Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #14435 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

endevourendeavor

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

Puritas changed it: 962 times in 333 works
Consistency: 97.7% (962 of 984)
Reach if approved: ~1,034 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: endeavour
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 984 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (962 changes in 333 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 962)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… You ſtill, baniſh, and impriſon vs becauſe we ſeparate from your Antichriſtian eſtate, and endevourendeavor to keep the faith and ordinance of Chriſt: Yet you give out that we …
With rule
… You ſtill, baniſh, and impriſon vs becauſe we ſeparate from your Antichriſtian eſtate, and endevourendeavor to keep the faith and ordinance of Chriſt: Yet you give out that we …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 150 · Open in the reader
Printed
15. Now mought ye say, we encline or endevourendeavor our selves therafter, so much as we may, for we have given our selves …
With rule
15. Now mought ye say, we encline or endevourendeavor our selves therafter, so much as we may, for we have given our selves …
Henry Ainsworth · An Epistle Unto Two Daughters of Warwick · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as many as be perfect, be thus minded: the least spark of fire wil endevourendeavor to rise above the Aire, as well as the greatest, and where true strength …
With rule
… as many as be perfect, be thus minded: the least spark of fire wil endevourendeavor to rise above the Aire, as well as the greatest, and where true strength …
John Preston · The Doctrine of the Saints Infirmities · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lasciviousnesse into the hearers and spectators minds, that all of them may seeme to endevourendeavor, even with one consent to eradicate all modestie out of their hearts, and to …
With rule
… lasciviousnesse into the hearers and spectators minds, that all of them may seeme to endevourendeavor, even with one consent to eradicate all modestie out of their hearts, and to …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… turning of the heart from evill to good, with an hatred, feare, and earnest endevourendeavor to avoyd sin in respect of Gods mercy: as on the contrary a love …
With rule
… turning of the heart from evill to good, with an hatred, feare, and earnest endevourendeavor to avoyd sin in respect of Gods mercy: as on the contrary a love …
John Robinson · Of Religious Communion Private and Public · p. 121 · Open in the reader
Printed
… expel: I know no cōmand of Christ, in which I do not unfeinedly desire, & endevourendeavor to walke with God.
With rule
… expel: I know no cōmand of Christ, in which I do not unfeinedly desire, & endevourendeavor to walke with God.
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but none but the ſpirituall man, Diligere Deum. But, O my ſoule, doe thou endevourendeavor to be of Jobs forme; to love God without diſtinction; and whether he heare …
With rule
… but none but the ſpirituall man, Diligere Deum. But, O my ſoule, doe thou endevourendeavor to be of Jobs forme; to love God without diſtinction; and whether he heare …
Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Seven Consolatory Psalms of David · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deſolation of the Church: Could the devill doe more, I thinke he could ſcarce endevourendeavor to doe worſe: this was their policie, and it ſhould have beene our miſery …
With rule
… deſolation of the Church: Could the devill doe more, I thinke he could ſcarce endevourendeavor to doe worſe: this was their policie, and it ſhould have beene our miſery …
Thomas Hooker · Four Learned and Godly Treatises · p. 113 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

21 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Sins Overthrow A10024

Printed
2 EndevourEndeavor to have a sense and feeling of their sinne, p. 146
With rule
2 EndevourEndeavor to have a sense and feeling of their sinne, p. 146
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace A11818

Printed
Some thinke they EndevourEndeavor to doe well, yet doe not. 324
With rule
Some thinke they EndevourEndeavor to doe well, yet doe not. 324
Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · Open in the reader
Printed
What EndevourEndeavor is in generall. ibid
With rule
What EndevourEndeavor is in generall. ibid
Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · Open in the reader
Printed
Some thinke they EndevourEndeavor not, when yet they doe. 326
With rule
Some thinke they EndevourEndeavor not, when yet they doe. 326
Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · Open in the reader
Printed
What is true EndevourEndeavor. ibid
With rule
What is true EndevourEndeavor. ibid
Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · Open in the reader
Printed
A mans EndevourEndeavor in ſome caſe… may be as true, when yet he cannot performe it, as …
With rule
A mans EndevourEndeavor in ſome caſe… may be as true, when yet he cannot performe it, as …
Henry Scudder · The Christians Daily Walk in Holy Security and Peace · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
EndevourEndeavor still (with shewes of Pietie)
With rule
EndevourEndeavor still (with shewes of Pietie)
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Diary of a Thankful Christian A27153

Printed
1. EndevourEndeavor to ſort the promiſes, and … know their ſeveral kinds. Some are abſolute ſome conditionall …
With rule
1. EndevourEndeavor to ſort the promiſes, and … know their ſeveral kinds. Some are abſolute ſome conditionall …
John Beadle · Diary of a Thankful Christian · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. EndevourEndeavor to underſtand well the extent of Promiſes, their latitude, and what their boundaries are …
With rule
3. EndevourEndeavor to underſtand well the extent of Promiſes, their latitude, and what their boundaries are …
John Beadle · Diary of a Thankful Christian · Open in the reader
Printed
3. Labour to underſtand a mercy aright. EndevourEndeavor to diſcern the height and breadth of a providence, weigh every benefit beſtowed skilfully …
With rule
3. Labour to underſtand a mercy aright. EndevourEndeavor to diſcern the height and breadth of a providence, weigh every benefit beſtowed skilfully …
John Beadle · Diary of a Thankful Christian · Open in the reader

The Nail and the Wheel A34747

Printed
… wheel! you are many wheels, yet be you all but as one great wheel. EndevourEndeavor to keep the Ʋnity of the Spirit, in the bond of peace: Amongſt Chriſtians …
With rule
… wheel! you are many wheels, yet be you all but as one great wheel. EndevourEndeavor to keep the Ʋnity of the Spirit, in the bond of peace: Amongſt Chriſtians …
John Carter · The Nail and the Wheel · p. 101 · Open in the reader

The Appeal of Injured Innocence A40651

Printed
… first page of my Book, like a Mountebanks Bill, pretending no higher but to ENDEVOURENDEAVOR.
With rule
… first page of my Book, like a Mountebanks Bill, pretending no higher but to ENDEVOURENDEAVOR.
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 4 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
… or more places intitle themselves to the Nativity of the same Man; Here my EndevourEndeavor is to keep the Peace (as well as I may) betwixt them, as in …
With rule
… or more places intitle themselves to the Nativity of the same Man; Here my EndevourEndeavor is to keep the Peace (as well as I may) betwixt them, as in …
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 56 · Open in the reader

The Arraignment of Licentious Liberty A45542

Printed
… the lesse; non populus, sed turba, not a building, but a heap of stones. EndevourEndeavor (what lyeth in you) that the limits between King and people may be preserved …
With rule
… the lesse; non populus, sed turba, not a building, but a heap of stones. EndevourEndeavor (what lyeth in you) that the limits between King and people may be preserved …
Nathaniel Hardy · The Arraignment of Licentious Liberty · p. 15 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
EndevourEndeavor]
With rule
EndevourEndeavor]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 192 · Open in the reader
Printed
EndevourEndeavor]
With rule
EndevourEndeavor]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 192 · Open in the reader
Printed
EndevourEndeavor]
With rule
EndevourEndeavor]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 192 · Open in the reader

The Right Separation Encouraged A86358

Printed
… it, before you ſeparate to another, or gather a Church out of other Churches. EndevourEndeavor to ſeparate the droſſe from among you, before you ſeparate your ſelves from the …
With rule
… it, before you ſeparate to another, or gather a Church out of other Churches. EndevourEndeavor to ſeparate the droſſe from among you, before you ſeparate your ſelves from the …
Thomas Hill · The Right Separation Encouraged · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The Way to Heaven Discovered A91367

Printed
… e thoſe, and only thoſe, whom the Father hath elected, and the Sonne redeemed: EndevourEndeavor in the Name of the Lord, to ſee the Father love thee freely, and …
With rule
… e thoſe, and only thoſe, whom the Father hath elected, and the Sonne redeemed: EndevourEndeavor in the Name of the Lord, to ſee the Father love thee freely, and …
Robert Purnell · The Way to Heaven Discovered · p. 102 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 A95065

Printed
2. EndevourEndeavor to make your children Gods children. If God give Samuel to Hannah, Hannah will …
With rule
2. EndevourEndeavor to make your children Gods children. If God give Samuel to Hannah, Hannah will …
Francis Taylor · Exposition of Proverbs 1-3 · p. 18 · Open in the reader

Englands Parliamentary Chronicle A95892

Printed
… you have at large heard before) a luſty ſerviceable ſhip of Weymouth, called the EndevourEndeavor, carrying in her 12 peices of Ordnance, and laden with Salt and other commodities (belonging …
With rule
… you have at large heard before) a luſty ſerviceable ſhip of Weymouth, called the EndevourEndeavor, carrying in her 12 peices of Ordnance, and laden with Salt and other commodities (belonging …
John Vicars · Englands Parliamentary Chronicle · p. 120 · Open in the reader