Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1917 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

groanegroan

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

Puritas changed it: 830 times in 422 works
Consistency: 98.2% (830 of 845)
Reach if approved: ~889 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: groan
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 846 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (830 changes in 422 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 830)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… if they can lift vp their hearts vnto God if they can but sigh & groanegroan for his presence and assistance, the Lord will heare the petitions of their hearts …
With rule
… if they can lift vp their hearts vnto God if they can but sigh & groanegroan for his presence and assistance, the Lord will heare the petitions of their hearts …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 299 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that I am, who ſhall deliver mee from this body of ſinne? Shall hee groanegroan under infirmities, and ſhall wee make no conſcience of preſumptions? God forbid.
With rule
… that I am, who ſhall deliver mee from this body of ſinne? Shall hee groanegroan under infirmities, and ſhall wee make no conſcience of preſumptions? God forbid.
William Price · The Souls Porter to Cast Out Sin · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… suffers thee not to rest in any imperfection, discovers thy corruption, causeth thee to groanegroan under it, puts thee forward in thy race, enflames thy affections, and orders thy …
With rule
… suffers thee not to rest in any imperfection, discovers thy corruption, causeth thee to groanegroan under it, puts thee forward in thy race, enflames thy affections, and orders thy …
Phineas Fletcher · Joy in Tribulation · p. 329 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is yet one glimpse of their stinking candle, before the snuffe goes out; one groanegroan ere their malice expire. We went through fire and water.
With rule
… is yet one glimpse of their stinking candle, before the snuffe goes out; one groanegroan ere their malice expire. We went through fire and water.
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his sorrow, increaseth his knowledge: when we once come to smart, to grieue and groanegroan vnder sinnes, then we will confesse, that the remembrance of them is grieuous vnto …
With rule
… his sorrow, increaseth his knowledge: when we once come to smart, to grieue and groanegroan vnder sinnes, then we will confesse, that the remembrance of them is grieuous vnto …
Walter Balcanquhall · Sermon Preached 14 April 1623 · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you, and he will command loving kindneſſe to comfort and refreſh thee. You that groanegroan under your burthens, hee will command loving kindneſſe to come to ſuch a mans …
With rule
… you, and he will command loving kindneſſe to comfort and refreſh thee. You that groanegroan under your burthens, hee will command loving kindneſſe to come to ſuch a mans …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Exaltation · p. 294 · Open in the reader
Printed
… none of the smallest crueltyes that holy and pious men in these our dayes groanegroan under, to the infinit dishonour of God and the King, and the needles vexation …
With rule
… none of the smallest crueltyes that holy and pious men in these our dayes groanegroan under, to the infinit dishonour of God and the King, and the needles vexation …
John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… blisse, vouchsafe to looke vpon vs thy humbled Creatures, that lye here beneath, and groanegroan to bee deliuered from the bondage of our corruption into the freedome of thy …
With rule
… blisse, vouchsafe to looke vpon vs thy humbled Creatures, that lye here beneath, and groanegroan to bee deliuered from the bondage of our corruption into the freedome of thy …
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 293 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (15)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Earnest of our Inheritance A20804

Printed
GroaneGroan together, trauail in paine together, namely, with vs.
With rule
GroaneGroan together, trauail in paine together, namely, with vs.
Thomas Draxe · The Earnest of our Inheritance · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
GroaneGroan within our selues.
With rule
GroaneGroan within our selues.
Thomas Draxe · The Earnest of our Inheritance · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
OVt of these words, GroaneGroan within our selues, this instruction offreth and presenteth it selfe to our consideration, namely …
With rule
OVt of these words, GroaneGroan within our selues, this instruction offreth and presenteth it selfe to our consideration, namely …
Thomas Draxe · The Earnest of our Inheritance · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Unfortunate Politician A40648

Printed
… pious Meditation; hee went out as a Lampe, for lack of Oyle: no warning GroaneGroan was sighed forth to take his last farewell, but even he smiled himselfe into …
With rule
… pious Meditation; hee went out as a Lampe, for lack of Oyle: no warning GroaneGroan was sighed forth to take his last farewell, but even he smiled himselfe into …
Thomas Fuller · The Unfortunate Politician · Open in the reader

Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical Part 2 A46699

Printed
1. GroaneGroan not against others out of a desire of revenge for injuries received from them …
With rule
1. GroaneGroan not against others out of a desire of revenge for injuries received from them …
Henry Jeanes · Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical Part 2 · p. 236 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. GroaneGroan not against the wicked, out of envy at their prosperity in this life; for …
With rule
2. GroaneGroan not against the wicked, out of envy at their prosperity in this life; for …
Henry Jeanes · Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical Part 2 · p. 240 · Open in the reader