Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1937 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deafedeaf

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

Puritas changed it: 1,674 times in 662 works
Consistency: 97.5% (1,674 of 1,716)
Reach if approved: ~1,804 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: deaf
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,717 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,674 changes in 662 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,674)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
There he spends to mooue deafedeaf hell,
With rule
There he spends to mooue deafedeaf hell,
Phineas Fletcher · Sicelides a Piscatory · Open in the reader
Printed
… many men geuinge them selues to the delightes and pleasures of Babylon, are so deafedeaf to heare the voice of the Gospell that they are scarsely raised vp in …
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… many men geuinge them selues to the delightes and pleasures of Babylon, are so deafedeaf to heare the voice of the Gospell that they are scarsely raised vp in …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… our ſinfull liues, and bringing forth fruites worthy of repentance, wee are ſtill but deafedeaf, though this Trumpet Ecce, ſound neuer ſo loud in our eares.
With rule
… our ſinfull liues, and bringing forth fruites worthy of repentance, wee are ſtill but deafedeaf, though this Trumpet Ecce, ſound neuer ſo loud in our eares.
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… daies of Chriſts fleſh came to him for ſuccour: The blind, for ſight: the deafedeaf, for hearing; the dumbe, for ſpeech: the lame, for ſound limbes: and ſo others …
With rule
… daies of Chriſts fleſh came to him for ſuccour: The blind, for ſight: the deafedeaf, for hearing; the dumbe, for ſpeech: the lame, for ſound limbes: and ſo others …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
Then shall the eyes of the blind be lightened, and the eares of the deafedeaf be opened.
With rule
Then shall the eyes of the blind be lightened, and the eares of the deafedeaf be opened.
William Guild · Moses Unveiled · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he wished that either our side had been dumbe that day, or all they deafedeaf: and these few examples, either proue your vaunt of your learning to be so …
With rule
… he wished that either our side had been dumbe that day, or all they deafedeaf: and these few examples, either proue your vaunt of your learning to be so …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… workes that Christ wrought, in giving sight to the blind, and hearing to the deafedeaf, and speech to the dumbe, and life to the dead, it is said, they …
With rule
… workes that Christ wrought, in giving sight to the blind, and hearing to the deafedeaf, and speech to the dumbe, and life to the dead, it is said, they …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 342 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God, must (themselues) come vnto it. They must not speak… to others, and be deafedeaf themselues; bid others to goe, and (themselues) stand still; pipe and sing to others …
With rule
… God, must (themselues) come vnto it. They must not speak… to others, and be deafedeaf themselues; bid others to goe, and (themselues) stand still; pipe and sing to others …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (42)

24 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 18 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

Printed
These are the dead guests. Dead to all goodnesse. DeafeDeaf eares, lame feete, blinde eyes, maimed hands, when there is any imployment for them …
With rule
These are the dead guests. Dead to all goodnesse. DeafeDeaf eares, lame feete, blinde eyes, maimed hands, when there is any imployment for them …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 170 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

Printed
… is borne deafedeaf, is alſo borne dumbe. The reaſon, becauſe we learne to ſpeake. DeafeDeaf men are barred from Faith and ſaluation, to be attained by hearing, but not …
With rule
… is borne deafedeaf, is alſo borne dumbe. The reaſon, becauſe we learne to ſpeake. DeafeDeaf men are barred from Faith and ſaluation, to be attained by hearing, but not …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 281 · Open in the reader

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
The DeafeDeaf not to be cursed, Lev. 19. 14.
With rule
The DeafeDeaf not to be cursed, Lev. 19. 14.
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · Open in the reader

The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama A15137

Printed
DeafeDeaf, dumbe, and ſtupid, and unwiſely kinde,
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DeafeDeaf, dumbe, and ſtupid, and unwiſely kinde,
Nathaniel Whiting · The Peasant History of Albino and Bellama · p. 59 · Open in the reader

The Hymns and Songs of the Church A15647

Printed
The DeafeDeaf did heare, the Lame did walke:
With rule
The DeafeDeaf did heare, the Lame did walke:
George Wither · The Hymns and Songs of the Church · p. 179 · Open in the reader

A Childs Patrimony A15695

Printed
… ſhould underſtand or condemne it; as is the curſing of the deafedeaf, which the DeafeDeaf man heares not; and the putting a ſtumbling block before the blinde; which the …
With rule
… ſhould underſtand or condemne it; as is the curſing of the deafedeaf, which the DeafeDeaf man heares not; and the putting a ſtumbling block before the blinde; which the …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 44 · Open in the reader

The Victory of Patience A15848

Printed
We should b… DeafeDeaf and dumbe at reproach,
With rule
We should b… DeafeDeaf and dumbe at reproach,
Richard Younge · The Victory of Patience · Open in the reader

The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity A16554

Printed
… expresse commandement; and dumbe, when he did not reprehend his seduced and seducing wife. DeafeDeaf, when he did not heare the voice of God, Adam, where arte thou? Dumbe …
With rule
… expresse commandement; and dumbe, when he did not reprehend his seduced and seducing wife. DeafeDeaf, when he did not heare the voice of God, Adam, where arte thou? Dumbe …
John Boys · The Autumn Part from the Twelfth Sunday after Trinity · p. 13 · Open in the reader

The Scepter of Judah A17243

Printed
Dathan: ſee diſobedience, e. Not to curſe the DeafeDeaf, 26.g.
With rule
Dathan: ſee diſobedience, e. Not to curſe the DeafeDeaf, 26.g.
Edmund Bunny · The Scepter of Judah · Open in the reader

The Immortality of the Soul A17654

Printed
… ſhe domb, ſeing ſhe cannot confeſſe that vnto ſaluation, which ſhe beleued to righteouſneſſe. DeafeDeaf alſo ſhe is becauſe ſhe heareth not this liuely voyce. Lame likewiſe ſhe is …
With rule
… ſhe domb, ſeing ſhe cannot confeſſe that vnto ſaluation, which ſhe beleued to righteouſneſſe. DeafeDeaf alſo ſhe is becauſe ſhe heareth not this liuely voyce. Lame likewiſe ſhe is …
John Calvin · The Immortality of the Soul · Open in the reader

A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures A19692

Printed
Chap. 29 Woe to Ariel, 1. Spirit of ſleep, 10. Wiſe periſh, 14. DeafeDeaf ſhall heare, 18. Promiſes, Verſ. 22.
With rule
Chap. 29 Woe to Ariel, 1. Spirit of ſleep, 10. Wiſe periſh, 14. DeafeDeaf ſhall heare, 18. Promiſes, Verſ. 22.
Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 51 · Open in the reader

Eighty Sermons A20637

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… the perſwaſions of thine owne ſoule, Hard againſt the tenderneſſe of thine owne heart, DeafeDeaf againſt the charmes of thine owne Verſes, canſt thou pretend a willingneſſe to be …
With rule
… the perſwaſions of thine owne ſoule, Hard againſt the tenderneſſe of thine owne heart, DeafeDeaf againſt the charmes of thine owne Verſes, canſt thou pretend a willingneſſe to be …
John Donne · Eighty Sermons · p. 399 · Open in the reader

The Sum of Sacred Divinity A20766

Printed
… of offending ſo good and ſo gracious a Father. Thou ſhalt not curſe the DeafeDeaf, neither put a ſtumbling blocke before the blinde, but ſhalt feare thy God: I …
With rule
… of offending ſo good and ſo gracious a Father. Thou ſhalt not curſe the DeafeDeaf, neither put a ſtumbling blocke before the blinde, but ſhalt feare thy God: I …
John Downame · The Sum of Sacred Divinity · p. 150 · Open in the reader

The Bibles Abstract and Epitome A27502

Printed
DeafeDeaf So war The Man Whose Tongue wa… by Christ loosed,
With rule
DeafeDeaf So war The Man Whose Tongue wa… by Christ loosed,
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
DeafeDeaf messengers.
With rule
DeafeDeaf messengers.
Richard Bernard · The Bibles Abstract and Epitome · p. 161 · Open in the reader

A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners A33339

Printed
CHAP. LVI. Strange Examples of DeafeDeaf, and Dumb Persons.
With rule
CHAP. LVI. Strange Examples of DeafeDeaf, and Dumb Persons.
Samuel Clarke · A Mirror both for Saints and Sinners · p. 399 · Open in the reader

The Exceeding Riches of Grace A46836

Printed
When some shall heare that when your Daughter was struck both DeafeDeaf and Blind, and so could neither heare the Word, nor read it; that then …
With rule
When some shall heare that when your Daughter was struck both DeafeDeaf and Blind, and so could neither heare the Word, nor read it; that then …
Henry Jessey · The Exceeding Riches of Grace · Open in the reader

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

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… the people marvelled, for here were foure wonders in one, the Blind saw, the DeafeDeaf heard, the Dumbe spake, the Demoniacke is delivered; rarity and difficulty are wont to …
With rule
… the people marvelled, for here were foure wonders in one, the Blind saw, the DeafeDeaf heard, the Dumbe spake, the Demoniacke is delivered; rarity and difficulty are wont to …
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Of the Childs Portion A67002

Printed
… I ſaw I had need of Him) Who made mans Mouth , the Dumbe and DeafeDeaf, &c. The very thought of my Infirmitie kept me low, every way low, in …
With rule
… I ſaw I had need of Him) Who made mans Mouth , the Dumbe and DeafeDeaf, &c. The very thought of my Infirmitie kept me low, every way low, in …
Hezekiah Woodward · Of the Childs Portion · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhould underſtand or condemne it; as is the curſing of the deafedeaf, which the DeafeDeaf man heares not; and the putting a ſtumbling block before the blinde; which the …
With rule
… ſhould underſtand or condemne it; as is the curſing of the deafedeaf, which the DeafeDeaf man heares not; and the putting a ſtumbling block before the blinde; which the …
Hezekiah Woodward · Of the Childs Portion · p. 44 · Open in the reader

A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion A67005

Printed
… I ſaw I had need of Him) Who made mans Mouth , the Dumbe and DeafeDeaf, &c. The very thought of my Infirmitie kept me low, every way low, in …
With rule
… I ſaw I had need of Him) Who made mans Mouth , the Dumbe and DeafeDeaf, &c. The very thought of my Infirmitie kept me low, every way low, in …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhould underſtand or condemne it; as is the curſing of the deafedeaf, which the DeafeDeaf man heares not; and the putting a ſtumbling block before the blinde, which the …
With rule
… ſhould underſtand or condemne it; as is the curſing of the deafedeaf, which the DeafeDeaf man heares not; and the putting a ſtumbling block before the blinde, which the …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Sons Patrimony and Daughters Portion · p. 44 · Open in the reader

Works of Joseph Hall A68126

Printed
… of theſe Cozenages, who dares auerre that his fellow Xauier, not onely healed the DeafeDeaf, Dumbe, and Blinde, but raiſed the Dead, to which I adde (whiles his Brother …
With rule
… of theſe Cozenages, who dares auerre that his fellow Xauier, not onely healed the DeafeDeaf, Dumbe, and Blinde, but raiſed the Dead, to which I adde (whiles his Brother …
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 717 · Open in the reader

Philosophical Historical and Theological Observations of Thunder A81486

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… and hee ſpeaks to thee by Thunder? Is not this to be like a DeafeDeaf Adder that ſtoppeth her eares? If it be a ſin to ſtop our eares …
With rule
… and hee ſpeaks to thee by Thunder? Is not this to be like a DeafeDeaf Adder that ſtoppeth her eares? If it be a ſin to ſtop our eares …
Robert Dingley · Philosophical Historical and Theological Observations of Thunder · p. 67 · Open in the reader