Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1622 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

disdainedisdain

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

Puritas changed it: 1,358 times in 637 works
Consistency: 97.4% (1,358 of 1,393)
Reach if approved: ~1,464 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: disdain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,393 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,358 changes in 637 works, 97.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,358)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the place where he ſhould ſuffer, he kiſſed the ſtake, and ſaid: Shal I diſdainedisdain to ſuffer at this ſtake, ſéeing my Redéemer did not refuſe to ſuffer moſt …
With rule
… the place where he ſhould ſuffer, he kiſſed the ſtake, and ſaid: Shal I diſdainedisdain to ſuffer at this ſtake, ſéeing my Redéemer did not refuſe to ſuffer moſt …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 189 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conference were offered them. To conclude, I am certainely perswaded, that something perhaps the disdainedisdain of my person, but more the feare of the weakenesse of their cause stayed …
With rule
… conference were offered them. To conclude, I am certainely perswaded, that something perhaps the disdainedisdain of my person, but more the feare of the weakenesse of their cause stayed …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is the moſt excellent way, notwithſtanding all the ignominie & reproch, all the deriſion and diſdainedisdain, that the wicked world can caſt upon it. And know this withall, that nothing …
With rule
… is the moſt excellent way, notwithſtanding all the ignominie & reproch, all the deriſion and diſdainedisdain, that the wicked world can caſt upon it. And know this withall, that nothing …
Stephen Geree · The Ornament of Women · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him to my imbraces, yet how ſcornfully and ſcurvily he refuſed me, with what diſdainedisdain he left me; I am now reſolv'd no longer to ſollicite my love but …
With rule
… him to my imbraces, yet how ſcornfully and ſcurvily he refuſed me, with what diſdainedisdain he left me; I am now reſolv'd no longer to ſollicite my love but …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · Open in the reader
Printed
… at one table, and the poore supported by the riche, without any contempt or disdainedisdain. Of the tyme and place, and suche others circumstances, that thou callest ceremonies, I …
With rule
… at one table, and the poore supported by the riche, without any contempt or disdainedisdain. Of the tyme and place, and suche others circumstances, that thou callest ceremonies, I …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne salvation; this bloud of sprinkling that you have now heard of, that they disdainedisdain, and scoffe at, and persecute as vaine presumption. Alas, how can these poore wretches …
With rule
… owne salvation; this bloud of sprinkling that you have now heard of, that they disdainedisdain, and scoffe at, and persecute as vaine presumption. Alas, how can these poore wretches …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 616 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſenſe of our owne ſinnes and ſight of our owne unworthineſſe, we almoſt diſdainedisdain to looke upon what God hath done for us, and we conſider not the …
With rule
… the ſenſe of our owne ſinnes and ſight of our owne unworthineſſe, we almoſt diſdainedisdain to looke upon what God hath done for us, and we conſider not the …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
… us the whole world in competition to God, let us say in an holy disdainedisdain, as Hazael to Elisha, Am I a dogge that I should doe this thing …
With rule
… us the whole world in competition to God, let us say in an holy disdainedisdain, as Hazael to Elisha, Am I a dogge that I should doe this thing …
John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (35)

24 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 11 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Josephs Party-Colored Coat A01344

Printed
… tantarum lachrymarum non peribit, said Saint Ambrose to Monica, of Saint Augustine her son; DisdaineDisdain thou then out of an holy pride, to bee the vitious sonne to a …
With rule
… tantarum lachrymarum non peribit, said Saint Ambrose to Monica, of Saint Augustine her son; DisdaineDisdain thou then out of an holy pride, to bee the vitious sonne to a …
Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 155 · Open in the reader

Lectures Upon John 4 A03342

Printed
DisdaineDisdain not to be admonished or reproued by thy inferior, 107.
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DisdaineDisdain not to be admonished or reproued by thy inferior, 107.
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · Open in the reader

The Jewel of Joy A06898

Printed
… do lay y^e crosse of necessiti on youre backes, suffer it boeth paciētly & thākefully. DisdaineDisdain not you beynge seruauntes to beare y^e burden, which your lord & maister refused not …
With rule
… do lay y^e crosse of necessiti on youre backes, suffer it boeth paciētly & thākefully. DisdaineDisdain not you beynge seruauntes to beare y^e burden, which your lord & maister refused not …
Thomas Becon · The Jewel of Joy · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

Printed
DisdaineDisdain. 95
With rule
DisdaineDisdain. 95
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · Open in the reader

Pilgrimage A10228

Printed
… bone-fires, strucke vp their Drummes, and made all solemne expressings of ioy. Dread, DisdaineDisdain, and all the Furies that passion or compassion could coniure vp, had now filled …
With rule
… bone-fires, strucke vp their Drummes, and made all solemne expressings of ioy. Dread, DisdaineDisdain, and all the Furies that passion or compassion could coniure vp, had now filled …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 658 · Open in the reader

Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul A10663

Printed
2 Another Cause of Errour may be Affectation of Singularity, and a DisdaineDisdain of being but an accession unto other mens Inventions▪ or of Tracing their steps …
With rule
2 Another Cause of Errour may be Affectation of Singularity, and a DisdaineDisdain of being but an accession unto other mens Inventions▪ or of Tracing their steps …
Edward Reynolds · Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the Soul · p. 489 · Open in the reader

Virtues History A11081

Printed
And then DisdaineDisdain like many thousand swords,
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And then DisdaineDisdain like many thousand swords,
Francis Rous · Virtues History · Open in the reader

The View and Downfall of Pride A15000

Printed
And her wings to mount, may be firſt DiſdaineDisdain: ſecond, Preſumptiō: third Rebellion: fourth Diſcontentment. Noted out of (I will).
With rule
And her wings to mount, may be firſt DiſdaineDisdain: ſecond, Preſumptiō: third Rebellion: fourth Diſcontentment. Noted out of (I will).
William Whately · The View and Downfall of Pride · p. 3 · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
DiſdaineDisdain? quoth yong Albino, can this be
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DiſdaineDisdain? quoth yong Albino, can this be
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 120 · Open in the reader

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
DisdaineDisdain their goods and lives to hazard forth,
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DisdaineDisdain their goods and lives to hazard forth,
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · p. 218 · Open in the reader

Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete A15639

Printed
Fruitlesse DISDAINEDISDAIN.
With rule
Fruitlesse DISDAINEDISDAIN.
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader
Printed
Because, I neither their DisdaineDisdain respected,
With rule
Because, I neither their DisdaineDisdain respected,
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · Open in the reader

Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented A15642

Printed
Hidden DisdaineDisdain.
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Hidden DisdaineDisdain.
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader
Printed
But cruellest DisdaineDisdain, Despaire, and Death.
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But cruellest DisdaineDisdain, Despaire, and Death.
George Wither · Fidelia Newly Corrected and Augmented · Open in the reader

Death Judgment Hell and Heaven A16333

Printed
… thine affections from the world with an holy resolute violence in the meane time: DisdaineDisdain and scorne to set thine heart upon those things here, which thou canst not …
With rule
… thine affections from the world with an holy resolute violence in the meane time: DisdaineDisdain and scorne to set thine heart upon those things here, which thou canst not …
Robert Bolton · Death Judgment Hell and Heaven · p. 74 · Open in the reader

Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God A16338

Printed
… the Moone, as thou oughtest, thou shalt hereafter tread euerlastingly vpon thousands of them. DisdaineDisdain then in the meane time, to let thy heauenly spirit dote vpon those baser …
With rule
… the Moone, as thou oughtest, thou shalt hereafter tread euerlastingly vpon thousands of them. DisdaineDisdain then in the meane time, to let thy heauenly spirit dote vpon those baser …
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 292 · Open in the reader

The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow A18014

Printed
… By the ſecond is noted, that Philantia or ſelfe-loue. Secondly, that Contempt and DiſdaineDisdain of others: the which alſo, the Lorde obſerued and reprehended in the proud Phariſies …
With rule
… By the ſecond is noted, that Philantia or ſelfe-loue. Secondly, that Contempt and DiſdaineDisdain of others: the which alſo, the Lorde obſerued and reprehended in the proud Phariſies …
John Carpenter · The Plain Mans Spiritual Plow · p. 191 · Open in the reader

Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed A32308

Printed
DiſdaineDisdain we faith, adore the works of men?
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DiſdaineDisdain we faith, adore the works of men?
Edward Calver · Divine Passions Piously and Pathetically Expressed · p. 133 · Open in the reader

Of Domestical Duties A68107

Printed
… refuſing to goe when he calls, or to doe any thing vpon his command, §. 44, 45, 46, 67. 9 DiſdaineDisdain at reproofe; giuing word for word; and waxing worſe for being reproued, §. 47, 48. 10 Diſcontent at …
With rule
… refuſing to goe when he calls, or to doe any thing vpon his command, §. 44, 45, 46, 67. 9 DiſdaineDisdain at reproofe; giuing word for word; and waxing worſe for being reproued, §. 47, 48. 10 Diſcontent at …
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · Open in the reader
Printed
Contrary is diſdainedisdain on the one ſide, and obſtinacie on the other. DiſdaineDisdain, when children ſcorne to be corrected by their parents: and in that reſpect when …
With rule
Contrary is diſdainedisdain on the one ſide, and obſtinacie on the other. DiſdaineDisdain, when children ſcorne to be corrected by their parents: and in that reſpect when …
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 463 · Open in the reader
Printed
5. DiſdaineDisdain, when they ſcorne to giue the title Maſter to him that is ſet ouer …
With rule
5. DiſdaineDisdain, when they ſcorne to giue the title Maſter to him that is ſet ouer …
William Gouge · Of Domestical Duties · p. 600 · Open in the reader

The Bible Battles A68550

Printed
… call vpon his ſouldiers, and terme them by the name of companions and friends. DiſdaineDisdain is proper to a dunghill Knight; Mithridates, Cyrus, Scipio, yea great Alexander, were very …
With rule
… call vpon his ſouldiers, and terme them by the name of companions and friends. DiſdaineDisdain is proper to a dunghill Knight; Mithridates, Cyrus, Scipio, yea great Alexander, were very …
Richard Bernard · The Bible Battles · p. 104 · Open in the reader

Poems A69225

Printed
DiſdaineDisdain not in thy conſtant travailing
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DiſdaineDisdain not in thy conſtant travailing
John Donne · Poems · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
Firſt kill th'enormous Gyant, your DiſdaineDisdain,
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Firſt kill th'enormous Gyant, your DiſdaineDisdain,
John Donne · Poems · p. 291 · Open in the reader