Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #14902 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

seisedseized

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

Puritas changed it: 1,256 times in 288 works
Consistency: 96.5% (1,256 of 1,301)
Reach if approved: ~1,367 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: seized
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,301 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,256 changes in 288 works, 96.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,256)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
5. Sadneſs hath ſeiſedseized on me to ſuch a degree, that I do nothing but groan and ſigh …
With rule
5. Sadneſs hath ſeiſedseized on me to ſuch a degree, that I do nothing but groan and ſigh …
Simon Patrick · The Book of Psalms Paraphrased · p. 237 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to their own private uses, without scruple, or blame, before ever the late Parliament seisedseized the rest. Yea, this is not the first time, that the Bishops Mannor of …
With rule
… to their own private uses, without scruple, or blame, before ever the late Parliament seisedseized the rest. Yea, this is not the first time, that the Bishops Mannor of …
Cornelius Burges · No Sacrilege or Sin to Alienate or Purchase Cathedral Lands · p. 68 · Open in the reader
Printed
… matter, and with their knives, having no other weapons, ſtab'd them. This done, they ſeiſedseized upon the muskets, ſwords and other weapons which were in that roome, and therewith …
With rule
… matter, and with their knives, having no other weapons, ſtab'd them. This done, they ſeiſedseized upon the muskets, ſwords and other weapons which were in that roome, and therewith …
William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Saracens, Mutar, the Deputy or Gouernour of Persia, proclaimed himselfe a Prophet, and seisedseized on the state: from him the Persian Sophi deriueth his originall. When Iezid was …
With rule
… the Saracens, Mutar, the Deputy or Gouernour of Persia, proclaimed himselfe a Prophet, and seisedseized on the state: from him the Persian Sophi deriueth his originall. When Iezid was …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 316 · Open in the reader
Printed
… readers of it, and l. 12. land. p. 4. l. 18. ſome frendes. p. 5. l. 15. wherof. l. 16. ſeiſedseized. p. 9. l. 12. called for. p. 11. l. 13. for to whom doeth the law chiefly extende …
With rule
… readers of it, and l. 12. land. p. 4. l. 18. ſome frendes. p. 5. l. 15. wherof. l. 16. ſeiſedseized. p. 9. l. 12. called for. p. 11. l. 13. for to whom doeth the law chiefly extende …
Walter Travers · Answer to a Supplicatory Epistle for the Pretended Catholics · Open in the reader
Printed
And seisedseized him in each extremer part,
With rule
And seisedseized him in each extremer part,
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader
Printed
… till Henry the eighth of famous memorie; who either intending a reformation in religion, ſeiſedseized vpon the revenues of religious houſes; or ayming at their revenewes ſet vpon, rather …
With rule
… till Henry the eighth of famous memorie; who either intending a reformation in religion, ſeiſedseized vpon the revenues of religious houſes; or ayming at their revenewes ſet vpon, rather …
Calybute Downing · A Discourse of the Ecclesiastical State of this Kingdom · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and ſo the excellency becommeth blaſted, wherein we were firſt created; and vanity hath ſeiſedseized upon man firſt. Rom. 8. 21. And ſecondarily upon the other creatures. The Creature, ſaith the …
With rule
… and ſo the excellency becommeth blaſted, wherein we were firſt created; and vanity hath ſeiſedseized upon man firſt. Rom. 8. 21. And ſecondarily upon the other creatures. The Creature, ſaith the …
John Angel · The Right Government of Thoughts · p. 215 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (45)

40 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 are listed here. 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Westminster Annotations A36467

Printed
that ye have taken] SeisedSeized upon, or seated your selves in, (as Chap. 51. 32.) being left and abandoned, Chap. 51. 29.
With rule
that ye have taken] SeisedSeized upon, or seated your selves in, (as Chap. 51. 32.) being left and abandoned, Chap. 51. 29.
John Downame · Westminster Annotations · Open in the reader

The Orphans Legacy A42922

Printed
… a Man doth Will and Deviſe, That A. and B. his Feoffees ſhall ſtand SeiſedSeized, and be SeiſedSeized to the uſe of I. S. for his Life, the Remainder …
With rule
… a Man doth Will and Deviſe, That A. and B. his Feoffees ſhall ſtand SeiſedSeized, and be SeiſedSeized to the uſe of I. S. for his Life, the Remainder …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 233 · Open in the reader
Printed
Upon a ſpecial Verdict the Caſe was this. A Woman SeiſedSeized of Lands made her Will, and deviſed the ſame to one and his Heirs …
With rule
Upon a ſpecial Verdict the Caſe was this. A Woman SeiſedSeized of Lands made her Will, and deviſed the ſame to one and his Heirs …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 236 · Open in the reader
Printed
8. A Man SeiſedSeized of a Meſſuage holden in Socage in Fee, Deviſed the ſame by theſe words …
With rule
8. A Man SeiſedSeized of a Meſſuage holden in Socage in Fee, Deviſed the ſame by theſe words …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 243 · Open in the reader
Printed
9. The Son SeiſedSeized of a Remainder in Fee, after the death of his Father who was Tenant …
With rule
9. The Son SeiſedSeized of a Remainder in Fee, after the death of his Father who was Tenant …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 254 · Open in the reader
Printed
8. A Man SeiſedSeized of Tenements in London, Deviſed the ſame to Two Perſons, upon Condition that they …
With rule
8. A Man SeiſedSeized of Tenements in London, Deviſed the ſame to Two Perſons, upon Condition that they …
John Godolphin · The Orphans Legacy · p. 268 · Open in the reader

The Sword of Christian Magistracy A56215

Printed
… taken, and HE THERE ON TO BE HANGED and ALL HIS GOODS TO BE SEISEDSEIZED FOR THE KING. O the tranſcendent zeal of theſe Heathen Princes againſt the obſtructers …
With rule
… taken, and HE THERE ON TO BE HANGED and ALL HIS GOODS TO BE SEISEDSEIZED FOR THE KING. O the tranſcendent zeal of theſe Heathen Princes againſt the obſtructers …
William Prynne · The Sword of Christian Magistracy · p. 15 · Open in the reader

Jurisdictions A87798

Printed
J. S. SeiſedSeized in fee of an Acre in D. by Charter, and of another by copy …
With rule
J. S. SeiſedSeized in fee of an Acre in D. by Charter, and of another by copy …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 246 · Open in the reader