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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1872 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

giftegift

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

Puritas changed it
888 times in 212 works
Consistency
99.7% (888 of 890)
Reach if approved
~935 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: gift
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
890 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (888 changes in 212 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 888)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … from the Hebrew dictiō, Miſſah, whiche after ſome doeth ſignifye an oblation or a giftegift. Lyke as tribute, whiche the inferior offereth or payeth to the ſuperiour. In the …
    With rule
    … from the Hebrew dictiō, Miſſah, whiche after ſome doeth ſignifye an oblation or a giftegift. Lyke as tribute, whiche the inferior offereth or payeth to the ſuperiour. In the …

    John Knox · Letter to Lady Mary · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … thankes vnto hym for his good giftegift: beeyng not ſure, whether it were his giftegift or ſome idle deuiſe and imagination of your owne braines. And therefore there is …
    With rule
    … thankes vnto hym for his good giftegift: beeyng not ſure, whether it were his giftegift or ſome idle deuiſe and imagination of your owne braines. And therefore there is …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … be, that they whiche were once lightened and haue tasted of the heau…nly giftegift, and were become partakers of the holy ghost and haue tasted of the good …
    With rule
    … be, that they whiche were once lightened and haue tasted of the heau…nly giftegift, and were become partakers of the holy ghost and haue tasted of the good …

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … studie, had diuers of them, as Anthonie, &c. Anthonie among the papistes / had the giftegift of tongs without studie: Now what a goodyeare was that Anthonie? The god of …
    With rule
    … studie, had diuers of them, as Anthonie, &c. Anthonie among the papistes / had the giftegift of tongs without studie: Now what a goodyeare was that Anthonie? The god of …

    Martin Marprelate · Read John Bridges · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … inwarde, and, a man may have the inwarde calling (by a convenient measure of giftegift, and a Divine motion to consecrate it to the giver) who hath not yet …
    With rule
    … inwarde, and, a man may have the inwarde calling (by a convenient measure of giftegift, and a Divine motion to consecrate it to the giver) who hath not yet …

    Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … life, &c▪ After which preparation made, he returneth (saith he) to expounde his owne giftegift, shewing most expressely, that, which he will giue in his last supper. And the …
    With rule
    … life, &c▪ After which preparation made, he returneth (saith he) to expounde his owne giftegift, shewing most expressely, that, which he will giue in his last supper. And the …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 496 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … come and triumphe ouer the Serpent, Sinne, Diuell, Death, and Hell. He had the giftegift of reaſon and vnderſtanding, we haue the rich wiſdome of God his holy ſpirite …
    With rule
    … come and triumphe ouer the Serpent, Sinne, Diuell, Death, and Hell. He had the giftegift of reaſon and vnderſtanding, we haue the rich wiſdome of God his holy ſpirite …

    Anthony Gilby · Of Election and Reprobation · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … such perfection. But the end of this way salvation bestowed vpon men as a giftegift presupposing not their righteousnesse, but the forgiuenesse of their vnrighteousnesse, iustification; their iustification not …
    With rule
    … such perfection. But the end of this way salvation bestowed vpon men as a giftegift presupposing not their righteousnesse, but the forgiuenesse of their vnrighteousnesse, iustification; their iustification not …

    Richard Hooker · Sermon of the Nature of Pride · p. 5 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Romans A15525

  • Printed
    … his happie condition, in that of poore he is made rich, may be called GifteGift by Grace: so it fareth in the case of a sinner, Christs righteousnesse bestowed …
    With rule
    … his happie condition, in that of poore he is made rich, may be called GifteGift by Grace: so it fareth in the case of a sinner, Christs righteousnesse bestowed …

    Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 319 · Open in the reader

The Institutes of the Christian Religion A17662

  • Printed
    … any thyng, vnlesse it be geuen him from aboue. And that he meaneth by GifteGift a speciall illumination, and not a common giftegift of nature, appereth hereby, that he …
    With rule
    … any thyng, vnlesse it be geuen him from aboue. And that he meaneth by GifteGift a speciall illumination, and not a common giftegift of nature, appereth hereby, that he …

    John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader