Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1901 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wantewant

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

Puritas changed it: 408 times in 152 works
Consistency: 100% (408 of 408)
Reach if approved: ~429 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: want
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 408 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (408 changes in 152 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 408)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… For they whiche are withoute the citi are moste miserable, not onelye bycause they wantewant those good thinges whiche the Citizens of it do inioye in her, but also …
With rule
… For they whiche are withoute the citi are moste miserable, not onelye bycause they wantewant those good thinges whiche the Citizens of it do inioye in her, but also …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
For wantewant of befe and conye.
With rule
For wantewant of befe and conye.
John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader
Printed
… doth not the palpaple ignorance of many Millions in this Land, arise from the wantewant of meanes, and removeall of Gods faithfull Ministers, placeing such over people, as are …
With rule
… doth not the palpaple ignorance of many Millions in this Land, arise from the wantewant of meanes, and removeall of Gods faithfull Ministers, placeing such over people, as are …
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 82 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vngodlye lyke fat beastes wallowe & tomble thē selues in all kynde of pleasures, neyther wantewant they ony thynge in this worlde, that theyr hartes can desyre, yea they haue …
With rule
… vngodlye lyke fat beastes wallowe & tomble thē selues in all kynde of pleasures, neyther wantewant they ony thynge in this worlde, that theyr hartes can desyre, yea they haue …
Thomas Becon · Davids Harp · Open in the reader
Printed
… christ, which is the glory of God the father? And what meaneth this they wantewant or haue nede, sayth he? but that no mā of himselfe, because he is …
With rule
… christ, which is the glory of God the father? And what meaneth this they wantewant or haue nede, sayth he? but that no mā of himselfe, because he is …
Thomas Becon · A New Years Gift More Precious than Gold · Open in the reader
Printed
… then are we bound to looke vnto their soules, that they perish not for wantewant of admonition. We must turne back our enemies oxe or asse that wandreth, much …
With rule
… then are we bound to looke vnto their soules, that they perish not for wantewant of admonition. We must turne back our enemies oxe or asse that wandreth, much …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 411 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in earth of heauen. O Englande / Englande / how greate is thy losse for the wantewant of them? how horrible is thyne offense for killinge of them? how greuouse will …
With rule
… in earth of heauen. O Englande / Englande / how greate is thy losse for the wantewant of them? how horrible is thyne offense for killinge of them? how greuouse will …
Nicholas Ridley · Conferences Between Two Fathers and Martyrs · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in that my gentilitie beginneth in me. Meaning (vnlest I be deceiued) that the wantewant of virtue in him, was the decay of his gentility, and his vertue was …
With rule
… in that my gentilitie beginneth in me. Meaning (vnlest I be deceiued) that the wantewant of virtue in him, was the decay of his gentility, and his vertue was …
Philip Stubbes · The Anatomy of Abuses · 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.