Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2183 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dressedress

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

Puritas changed it: 1,310 times in 676 works
Consistency: 97.7% (1,310 of 1,340)
Reach if approved: ~1,408 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dress
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,340 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,310 changes in 676 works, 97.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,310)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for his guestes, the olde interpreter turneth by the verbe coquo. which signifieth to dressedress as a cooke dresseth. Genesis. 18. Wherefore we haue not yet founde facere in the …
With rule
… for his guestes, the olde interpreter turneth by the verbe coquo. which signifieth to dressedress as a cooke dresseth. Genesis. 18. Wherefore we haue not yet founde facere in the …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 588 · Open in the reader
Printed
… seruice of God wholy and only, for the other sixe daies he was to dressedress the garden, Gen. 2. 15. The equitie of this commandement is the rule of nature; whatsoeuer …
With rule
… seruice of God wholy and only, for the other sixe daies he was to dressedress the garden, Gen. 2. 15. The equitie of this commandement is the rule of nature; whatsoeuer …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 839 · Open in the reader
Printed
… some of his phisicions not able for the horror of it to endure to dressedress him, were put to death by his cō maundement. Afterward the disease increasing, all …
With rule
… some of his phisicions not able for the horror of it to endure to dressedress him, were put to death by his cō maundement. Afterward the disease increasing, all …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore) plant it, and prune it, and water it, and hedge it, and carefully dressedress it, that it may be beautifull to God, and comfortable to man, reioycing God …
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… therefore) plant it, and prune it, and water it, and hedge it, and carefully dressedress it, that it may be beautifull to God, and comfortable to man, reioycing God …
Robert Horne · The Christian Governor in the Commonwealth and Private Families · Open in the reader
Printed
… as they do? Would they, euen with the wracke of their estate, feed bellies, dressedress their heads, couer their backs so daintily, so gloriously, which must be brought so …
With rule
… as they do? Would they, euen with the wracke of their estate, feed bellies, dressedress their heads, couer their backs so daintily, so gloriously, which must be brought so …
David Lindsay · The Godly Mans Journey to Heaven · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lord toke Adam, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dressedress and kepe it.
With rule
… Lord toke Adam, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dressedress and kepe it.
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
… holy place, and to offer vp giftes & ſacrifice vnto the Lord, as alſo to dreſſedress the lampes, and to ſet them before the Lorde, and to burne incenſe before …
With rule
… holy place, and to offer vp giftes & ſacrifice vnto the Lord, as alſo to dreſſedress the lampes, and to ſet them before the Lorde, and to burne incenſe before …
Peter Moffett · The Excellency of the Mystery of Christ Jesus · Open in the reader
Printed
And dressedress faire Vertue in so rich attire,
With rule
And dressedress faire Vertue in so rich attire,
Phineas Fletcher · Britains Ida · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (30)

18 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 12 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric A00630

Printed
… goe and ſitte downe at the table. 8 And would not rather ſaye vnto him, DreſſeDress where with I may ſuppe, and girde thy ſelfe, and ſerue mee till I …
With rule
… goe and ſitte downe at the table. 8 And would not rather ſaye vnto him, DreſſeDress where with I may ſuppe, and girde thy ſelfe, and ſerue mee till I …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens A10177

Printed
… Gentlewomen, (whose whole imployment is but to bee idle, at least, to Pranke, and DresseDress themselues, and to passe away their liues in Dauncing, Carding, Chatting, Gazing, and in …
With rule
… Gentlewomen, (whose whole imployment is but to bee idle, at least, to Pranke, and DresseDress themselues, and to passe away their liues in Dauncing, Carding, Chatting, Gazing, and in …
William Prynne · Survey and Censure of Mr Cozens · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Players Scourge A10187

Printed
… dancing, ( especially with beautifull women, or boyes most exquisitely adorned in an inescating womanish DresseDress on the open Stage, where are swarmes of lustfull Spectators, whose unchaste unruly lusts …
With rule
… dancing, ( especially with beautifull women, or boyes most exquisitely adorned in an inescating womanish DresseDress on the open Stage, where are swarmes of lustfull Spectators, whose unchaste unruly lusts …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 221 · Open in the reader

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

Printed
… Male, and Female sexe: that they can finde no spare, nor leasure time, to DresseDress, Adorne, or Beautifie, their Vgly, Filthy, Naked, Poore, and vnadorned Soules, (which lye Rotting …
With rule
… Male, and Female sexe: that they can finde no spare, nor leasure time, to DresseDress, Adorne, or Beautifie, their Vgly, Filthy, Naked, Poore, and vnadorned Soules, (which lye Rotting …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
And, ſeekes the coml'eſt DreſſeDress, ſhee can deviſe.
With rule
And, ſeekes the coml'eſt DreſſeDress, ſhee can deviſe.
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 249 · Open in the reader

Three Sermons A19639

Printed
… him will I looke, euen to him, &c. Wouldeſt thou then entertaine this gueſt? DreſſeDress vp thine houſe, garniſh the Temple of thy ſoule with grace, paue it with …
With rule
… him will I looke, euen to him, &c. Wouldeſt thou then entertaine this gueſt? DreſſeDress vp thine houſe, garniſh the Temple of thy ſoule with grace, paue it with …
Samuel Crook · Three Sermons · p. 125 · Open in the reader

The Jewish Synagogue A30785

Printed
DreſſeDress up thy bed in handſome faſhion good;
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DreſſeDress up thy bed in handſome faſhion good;
Johann II Buxtorf · The Jewish Synagogue · p. 135 · Open in the reader

A Geographical Description of All the Countries in the Known World A33311

Printed
DresseDress it like Flax, spin it, then weave it well,
With rule
DresseDress it like Flax, spin it, then weave it well,
Samuel Clarke · A Geographical Description of All the Countries in the Known World · p. 200 · Open in the reader

A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations in America A33345

Printed
DresseDress it like Flax, spin it, then weave it well,
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DresseDress it like Flax, spin it, then weave it well,
Samuel Clarke · A True and Faithful Account of the Four Chiefest Plantations in America · p. 10 · Open in the reader

Divine Characters in Two Parts A35147

Printed
1. The HYPOCRITE in his beſt DreſſeDress of Seeming Virtues and formal Duties.
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1. The HYPOCRITE in his beſt DreſſeDress of Seeming Virtues and formal Duties.
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · Open in the reader
Printed
Differencing The HYPOCRITE in his beſt DreſſeDress of Seeming Virtues and formal Duties.
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Differencing The HYPOCRITE in his beſt DreſſeDress of Seeming Virtues and formal Duties.
Samuel Crook · Divine Characters in Two Parts · Open in the reader

The Gentile Sinner A39252

Printed
… of Sin, and him he every day exposes to Publick view in a severall DresseDress, that (if it be possible) he may perswade the world to believe that all …
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… of Sin, and him he every day exposes to Publick view in a severall DresseDress, that (if it be possible) he may perswade the world to believe that all …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 20 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 A65748

Printed
2. The Employment it ſelf; which was to DreſſeDress and Keep it.
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2. The Employment it ſelf; which was to DreſſeDress and Keep it.
John White · Commentary Upon Genesis 1-3 · p. 32 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
DresseDress]
With rule
DresseDress]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 174 · Open in the reader

Rocks Improved A70872

Printed
Adam and Eve bluſht at their Naked DreſſeDress
With rule
Adam and Eve bluſht at their Naked DreſſeDress
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 41 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
Adam and Eve bluſht at their Naked DreſſeDress
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Adam and Eve bluſht at their Naked DreſſeDress
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
Or following great Vaine Perſons antique DreſſeDress,
With rule
Or following great Vaine Perſons antique DreſſeDress,
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
To Keepe and DreſſeDress the Garden he had made:
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To Keepe and DreſſeDress the Garden he had made:
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 116 · Open in the reader