Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1897 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

grewegrew

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

Puritas changed it: 339 times in 164 works
Consistency: 98.8% (339 of 343)
Reach if approved: ~360 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: grew
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 343 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (339 changes in 164 works, 98.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 339)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… when Iaacob went from him, many of Labans ſheepe went with him, and he grewegrew poore againe: ſo while the loue of righteouſneſ…e is with thee, to husband …
With rule
… when Iaacob went from him, many of Labans ſheepe went with him, and he grewegrew poore againe: ſo while the loue of righteouſneſ…e is with thee, to husband …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 683 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVhere grewegrew the Protestants seede before our time. The church hath rehearsed wednesday fast long sithence …
With rule
VVhere grewegrew the Protestants seede before our time. The church hath rehearsed wednesday fast long sithence …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sayd afore). DC. and .vij. Antitechrist fast approchynge to the fulnesse of hys age, grewegrew into a vnyuersall fatherhode. For than first beganne the papacye at Rome vndre the …
With rule
… sayd afore). DC. and .vij. Antitechrist fast approchynge to the fulnesse of hys age, grewegrew into a vnyuersall fatherhode. For than first beganne the papacye at Rome vndre the …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they deferred Baptiſme till death, that al ſins might be forgiuen at once, and grewegrew to baptizing by lay people, & women, & ſometime to approue Baptiſme with ſand: and yet …
With rule
… they deferred Baptiſme till death, that al ſins might be forgiuen at once, and grewegrew to baptizing by lay people, & women, & ſometime to approue Baptiſme with ſand: and yet …
William Hubbock · An Apology of Infants · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the feare of God and walked accordyng to hys worde. But whē they once grewegrew vnto a quietnesse, and by that meanes began to ware welthy, they strayghtwayes forgott …
With rule
… the feare of God and walked accordyng to hys worde. But whē they once grewegrew vnto a quietnesse, and by that meanes began to ware welthy, they strayghtwayes forgott …
Thomas Becon · The Flower of Godly Prayers · Open in the reader
Printed
But afterwardes it grewegrew to an intollerable yoake, and ſuperſtition therby increaſed, and the free remiſſion of ſinnes …
With rule
But afterwardes it grewegrew to an intollerable yoake, and ſuperſtition therby increaſed, and the free remiſſion of ſinnes …
Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · Open in the reader
Printed
… shaking, and the bones came togither bone to bone, and then sinewes and flesh grewegrew vpon them, and vpon the flesh grewegrew a skinne. Then he prophecied vnto the …
With rule
… shaking, and the bones came togither bone to bone, and then sinewes and flesh grewegrew vpon them, and vpon the flesh grewegrew a skinne. Then he prophecied vnto the …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 391 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hee contemned all Religions but this of the Syrian Goddesse: of vvhich also hee grewegrew weary, and defiled her with Vrine. After which he obserued a little Needle, supposed …
With rule
… hee contemned all Religions but this of the Syrian Goddesse: of vvhich also hee grewegrew weary, and defiled her with Vrine. After which he obserued a little Needle, supposed …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 70 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Acts A17642

Printed
… efficacie and ſuch as was greater than it vſed commonly to be. The word GreweGrew doe I referre vnto the number of menne, as if he ſhould haue ſaide …
With rule
… efficacie and ſuch as was greater than it vſed commonly to be. The word GreweGrew doe I referre vnto the number of menne, as if he ſhould haue ſaide …
John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 465 · Open in the reader