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interpreteinterpret

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

Puritas changed it
793 times in 275 works
Consistency
97.1% (793 of 816)
Reach if approved
~857 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: interpret
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
816 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (793 changes in 275 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 793)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … forthe ſhortly the ſōme of the text, whiche thou haſt taken in hand to interpreteinterpret: next to parte thy text into a fewe heads that the auditor may the …
    With rule
    … forthe ſhortly the ſōme of the text, whiche thou haſt taken in hand to interpreteinterpret: next to parte thy text into a fewe heads that the auditor may the …

    Petrus Ramus · The Logic Newly Translated · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … muſt bee driuen to call it Viſceroſi. And I knowe not how better to interpreteinterpret and explaine it, then by a compariſon or ſimilitude. Behold & marke how a Father …
    With rule
    … muſt bee driuen to call it Viſceroſi. And I knowe not how better to interpreteinterpret and explaine it, then by a compariſon or ſimilitude. Behold & marke how a Father …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Peter and Jude · p. 75 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … them vnder the ſound of many waters, and great thunders, for (Reuel. 17.15.) waters are interpreteinterpret, people, nations, and tongues: and thunders are thoſe preachers, of whatſoeuer nations, that boldly …
    With rule
    … them vnder the ſound of many waters, and great thunders, for (Reuel. 17.15.) waters are interpreteinterpret, people, nations, and tongues: and thunders are thoſe preachers, of whatſoeuer nations, that boldly …

    John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 182 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Others interpreteinterpret it othervvise, as though the Prophet should vnderstand this word, I confesse, and then …
    With rule
    Others interpreteinterpret it othervvise, as though the Prophet should vnderstand this word, I confesse, and then …

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … knoweth the thoughtes of all mens heartes, and n…de not like men to interpreteinterpret their minds, by their outward appearāce. The reste of this reason, is spent, altogether …
    With rule
    … knoweth the thoughtes of all mens heartes, and n…de not like men to interpreteinterpret their minds, by their outward appearāce. The reste of this reason, is spent, altogether …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Furthermore the ſecond Councell of Nice, how many textes of ſcripture doth it falſely interpreteinterpret, which it were to tedious to repete, yet for examples ſake I will reherſe …
    With rule
    … Furthermore the ſecond Councell of Nice, how many textes of ſcripture doth it falſely interpreteinterpret, which it were to tedious to repete, yet for examples ſake I will reherſe …

    William Fulke · Answer to the Proud Challenge of a Counterset Catholic · p. 87 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the face of the Serpent. This wom… the Romanists themſelues (as Lyra and… thers) interpreteinterpret to be the true Churc… lurking vnder perſecution, (as Elias d… three yeares and …
    With rule
    … the face of the Serpent. This wom… the Romanists themſelues (as Lyra and… thers) interpreteinterpret to be the true Churc… lurking vnder perſecution, (as Elias d… three yeares and …

    William Guild · A Compend of the Controversies of Religion · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … fathers, and might for asmuch as their meaning is doubtfull, and charity doth alwaies interpreteinterpret doubtfull things favourably: what should iuduce vs to thinke that rather the dammage of …
    With rule
    … fathers, and might for asmuch as their meaning is doubtfull, and charity doth alwaies interpreteinterpret doubtfull things favourably: what should iuduce vs to thinke that rather the dammage of …

    Richard Hooker · Justification Works and How the Foundation of Faith is Overthrown · p. 26 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (23)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 A02825

  • Printed
    … offyce of God esteme not their saynges / but stande well in your owne consaytes. InterpreteInterpret the scripturs at your owne lust ād pleasurs as your lawe master of Rome …
    With rule
    … offyce of God esteme not their saynges / but stande well in your owne consaytes. InterpreteInterpret the scripturs at your owne lust ād pleasurs as your lawe master of Rome …

    John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation 2 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A15525

  • Printed
    InterpreteInterpret the words, what signifies the [Kingdome of God?]
    With rule
    InterpreteInterpret the words, what signifies the [Kingdome of God?]

    Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 1175 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    InterpreteInterpret the wordes, and tell vs what is meant by strong and weake; Also by …
    With rule
    InterpreteInterpret the wordes, and tell vs what is meant by strong and weake; Also by …

    Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 1195 · Open in the reader

A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church A15739

  • Printed
    InterpreteInterpret and apply the ſcripture falſly. p. 118.
    With rule
    InterpreteInterpret and apply the ſcripture falſly. p. 118.

    Anthony Wotton · A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church · Open in the reader

Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism A29753

  • Printed
    … book that it might be keeped and read. There were also officers appointed to InterpreteInterpret and explaine this law, Iosh. 23:6. 1 King. 2:3. Iosh. 1:8. Deut. 29:21. & 30:10. & 31:26. & 17:18. Iosh. 8:31. 2 King. 14:6. & 22:8. 2 Chron. 17:8, 9. & 24:4. Neh. 8:8. Act. 15:21. The …
    With rule
    … book that it might be keeped and read. There were also officers appointed to InterpreteInterpret and explaine this law, Iosh. 23:6. 1 King. 2:3. Iosh. 1:8. Deut. 29:21. & 30:10. & 31:26. & 17:18. Iosh. 8:31. 2 King. 14:6. & 22:8. 2 Chron. 17:8, 9. & 24:4. Neh. 8:8. Act. 15:21. The …

    John Brown · Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Works A50522

  • Printed
    … non est, & tamen adfutura est, Graec. foreign. Sic enim lego cum editione Complutensi, Primasio & Syro InterpreteInterpret, ut cum praecedenti descriptione sensu congruat, Bestia quae suit, & non est, sed aliquando ascensura …
    With rule
    … non est, & tamen adfutura est, Graec. foreign. Sic enim lego cum editione Complutensi, Primasio & Syro InterpreteInterpret, ut cum praecedenti descriptione sensu congruat, Bestia quae suit, & non est, sed aliquando ascensura …

    Joseph Mede · Works · p. 524 · Open in the reader

Works Volume 4 A70318

  • Printed
    §. 35. Quintò, foreign (non, foreign, ſed) foreign in…erenda ſunt ex veteri Latino InterpreteInterpret, foreign, Omnes revereantur Diaconos ut Jeſu Chriſti (miniſtros,) ut & Epiſcopum ut Jeſum Chriſtum Patris filium …
    With rule
    §. 35. Quintò, foreign (non, foreign, ſed) foreign in…erenda ſunt ex veteri Latino InterpreteInterpret, foreign, Omnes revereantur Diaconos ut Jeſu Chriſti (miniſtros,) ut & Epiſcopum ut Jeſum Chriſtum Patris filium …

    Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 768 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    §. 9. Sic Apoſtolica Judae & dein Matthiae functio à Septuaginta & vulgato InterpreteInterpret, Epiſcopatus dicta Pſal. 108. eadem etiam à Lucâ foreign appellatur, Act. 1.29.
    With rule
    §. 9. Sic Apoſtolica Judae & dein Matthiae functio à Septuaginta & vulgato InterpreteInterpret, Epiſcopatus dicta Pſal. 108. eadem etiam à Lucâ foreign appellatur, Act. 1.29.

    Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 781 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    §. 2. Hîc quàm idoneè vir Apoſtolicus foreign & foreign mentionem, ex Graeco Iſaiae InterpreteInterpret petitam, ad propoſitum ſuum accommodaverit, paucis diſpiciemus.
    With rule
    §. 2. Hîc quàm idoneè vir Apoſtolicus foreign & foreign mentionem, ex Graeco Iſaiae InterpreteInterpret petitam, ad propoſitum ſuum accommodaverit, paucis diſpiciemus.

    Henry Hammond · Works Volume 4 · p. 832 · Open in the reader

The Pouring Out of the Seven Vials A80630

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    … that the things which cannot be ſhaken may remain, ſo doth the Apoſtle, Heb. 12.26.27. InterpreteInterpret the Propheſie of Haggai. 2.6. It argueth (ſaith he) the removing of thoſe things that …
    With rule
    … that the things which cannot be ſhaken may remain, ſo doth the Apoſtle, Heb. 12.26.27. InterpreteInterpret the Propheſie of Haggai. 2.6. It argueth (ſaith he) the removing of thoſe things that …

    John Cotton · The Pouring Out of the Seven Vials · p. 7 · Open in the reader