Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1527 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

scornescorn

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 4,233 times in 1,296 works
Consistency: 100% (4,233 of 4,233)
Reach if approved: ~4,448 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: scorn
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 4,233 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,233 changes in 1,296 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,233)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Contrary to this, is the carriage of proud ſeruants, that ſcornescorn all courteſie towards their maſter, which commeth to paſſe when their maſter is poore …
With rule
Contrary to this, is the carriage of proud ſeruants, that ſcornescorn all courteſie towards their maſter, which commeth to paſſe when their maſter is poore …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
Fourthly, to ſcornescorn, deſpiſe, ieaſt at, or to neglect, their admonitions, reproofes, and exhortations: Math. 7. 6. Prou. 15. 12. Ezech …
With rule
Fourthly, to ſcornescorn, deſpiſe, ieaſt at, or to neglect, their admonitions, reproofes, and exhortations: Math. 7. 6. Prou. 15. 12. Ezech …
Thomas Granger · The Tree of Good and Evil · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their head, clay dwelleth in their tabernacles, and rottenneſſe in their circles, and the ſcornescorn of the Idoll in Baruch is fallen upon them, They cannot wipe the duſt …
With rule
… their head, clay dwelleth in their tabernacles, and rottenneſſe in their circles, and the ſcornescorn of the Idoll in Baruch is fallen upon them, They cannot wipe the duſt …
Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 518 · Open in the reader
Printed
(Loue is nobility) nor could she scornescorn,
With rule
(Loue is nobility) nor could she scornescorn,
Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader
Printed
… vpon him the Robes of an Archbiſhop, made of canuas, and old cloutes, in ſcornescorn: with a miter, and a pal of the ſame ſute in mockery, and then …
With rule
… vpon him the Robes of an Archbiſhop, made of canuas, and old cloutes, in ſcornescorn: with a miter, and a pal of the ſame ſute in mockery, and then …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 198 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shoulde alwaies please thē selues securely in their delights and pleasures, and deride and scornescorn the calamities of the Godly.
With rule
… shoulde alwaies please thē selues securely in their delights and pleasures, and deride and scornescorn the calamities of the Godly.
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
5 Who so laugheth their father to scornescorn, and set their mothers commandement at naught, the rauens of the vallie eate out …
With rule
5 Who so laugheth their father to scornescorn, and set their mothers commandement at naught, the rauens of the vallie eate out …
Richard Greenham · Godly Exhortation and Fruitful Admonition to Virtuous Parents · Open in the reader
Printed
… reaſons that there is none, hée doeth ſhake it of as it were in ſcornescorn, and ſaith not, there is no profite, but what profite is there vnto man …
With rule
… reaſons that there is none, hée doeth ſhake it of as it were in ſcornescorn, and ſaith not, there is no profite, but what profite is there vnto man …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.