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Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2050 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

adorneadorn

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

Puritas changed it
1,453 times in 640 works
Consistency
100% (1,453 of 1,453)
Reach if approved
~1,527 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: adorn
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,453 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,453 changes in 640 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,453)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … dying man to you, bequeath unto you as a Legacie of choyceſt worth to adorneadorn you, of greateſt ſtrength to ſupport you, of beſt nouriſhment to feed you, of …
    With rule
    … dying man to you, bequeath unto you as a Legacie of choyceſt worth to adorneadorn you, of greateſt ſtrength to ſupport you, of beſt nouriſhment to feed you, of …

    Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … into himſelfe for this, whether out of conſcience towards God and in deſire to adorneadorn the doctrine of God, and to ſaue it from being ill ſpoken of; hee …
    With rule
    … into himſelfe for this, whether out of conſcience towards God and in deſire to adorneadorn the doctrine of God, and to ſaue it from being ill ſpoken of; hee …

    Samuel Hieron · The Christians Life-Lode · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … then only to couer the Churches nakednesse, and not chaines, bracelets, rings, iewels to adorneadorn her; sufficient to quench her thirst, to kill her hunger, but not to minister …
    With rule
    … then only to couer the Churches nakednesse, and not chaines, bracelets, rings, iewels to adorneadorn her; sufficient to quench her thirst, to kill her hunger, but not to minister …

    Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … a Comforter. Some indeed grace Melancholly so much, as to turne it over to adorneadorn wisedome, old age, vertue, and conscience; and indeed I thinke a sanguine complexion which …
    With rule
    … a Comforter. Some indeed grace Melancholly so much, as to turne it over to adorneadorn wisedome, old age, vertue, and conscience; and indeed I thinke a sanguine complexion which …

    John Jackson · The Worthy Churchman · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Or they ſpeake comparatively, that women ſhould not ſo much deſire to adorneadorn their out-ſide with reſplendent pearles, as their inward parts with jewells of vertue …
    With rule
    Or they ſpeake comparatively, that women ſhould not ſo much deſire to adorneadorn their out-ſide with reſplendent pearles, as their inward parts with jewells of vertue …

    Daniel Featley · A Key Opening Mysterious Texts of Scripture · p. 447 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … workes, in poverty, to be poore in spirit; to imploy all thy power to adorneadorn and beautifie the Temple of God within thee: and when thou art despised by …
    With rule
    … workes, in poverty, to be poore in spirit; to imploy all thy power to adorneadorn and beautifie the Temple of God within thee: and when thou art despised by …

    Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … so bedaubed with lace, that one cannot see the cloath, and Ceremonies which should adorneadorn, obscure the substance of the Sacraments, and Gods worship. And let us labour to …
    With rule
    … so bedaubed with lace, that one cannot see the cloath, and Ceremonies which should adorneadorn, obscure the substance of the Sacraments, and Gods worship. And let us labour to …

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 172 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … reuenues, &c. are nothing to this, y…a, doe more d…ſgrac… it then adorneadorn it; for ſuperſtition, the more anc…ent it is, the more approuers it hath …
    With rule
    … reuenues, &c. are nothing to this, y…a, doe more d…ſgrac… it then adorneadorn it; for ſuperſtition, the more anc…ent it is, the more approuers it hath …

    William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 150 · 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.