Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2349 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

assigneassign

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

Puritas changed it: 898 times in 440 works
Consistency: 98.9% (898 of 908)
Reach if approved: ~955 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: assign
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 909 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (898 changes in 440 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 898)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… own waies? And now after the reiection of the Iewes, what cause can we assigneassign, that among vs Gentiles, God vseth to stirre vp, now one countrie, now an …
With rule
… own waies? And now after the reiection of the Iewes, what cause can we assigneassign, that among vs Gentiles, God vseth to stirre vp, now one countrie, now an …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 256 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they will not acknowledge their points of doctrine to be errouious, vnleſſe we can aſſigneassign the time, and point at the perſons who firſt broached them. Now ſince we …
With rule
… they will not acknowledge their points of doctrine to be errouious, vnleſſe we can aſſigneassign the time, and point at the perſons who firſt broached them. Now ſince we …
Humphrey Lynde · The Safe Way Leading All Christians · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that thereby thou mayeſt drawe out ſuch a portion as it ſhal giue or aſſigneassign thee, be it neuer ſo great a one. Now to this end (mates & fellows …
With rule
… that thereby thou mayeſt drawe out ſuch a portion as it ſhal giue or aſſigneassign thee, be it neuer ſo great a one. Now to this end (mates & fellows …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnto the example of Dauid who hauing this in particular charge to finde and aſſigneassign the place for the building of the Temple, God puniſh me ſo and ſo …
With rule
… vnto the example of Dauid who hauing this in particular charge to finde and aſſigneassign the place for the building of the Temple, God puniſh me ſo and ſo …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 315 · Open in the reader
Printed
… compelled them to aboliſh their conſuls, and to take ſuch Senators as he ſhould aſſigneassign. Then followed Anaſtaſius the 4. And after him Adrianus the 4. an Engliſhman, by his name …
With rule
… compelled them to aboliſh their conſuls, and to take ſuch Senators as he ſhould aſſigneassign. Then followed Anaſtaſius the 4. And after him Adrianus the 4. an Engliſhman, by his name …
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 160 · Open in the reader
Printed
… either, M^r. B. may as soone diuide the point of a Spanish neeale, as assigneassign any medium betweene the one and the other. Meane while M^r. B. hath set …
With rule
… either, M^r. B. may as soone diuide the point of a Spanish neeale, as assigneassign any medium betweene the one and the other. Meane while M^r. B. hath set …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 156 · Open in the reader
Printed
… fast, and to goe by them as hand in hand, whom the Lord shall assigneassign ouer vs to guard vs.
With rule
… fast, and to goe by them as hand in hand, whom the Lord shall assigneassign ouer vs to guard vs.
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 779 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet the Admirall & his friends thought it good to request of the king to assigneassign vnto him certaine of the souldiers of the guarde for his safetie. The king …
With rule
… yet the Admirall & his friends thought it good to request of the king to assigneassign vnto him certaine of the souldiers of the guarde for his safetie. The king …
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. XlVI · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The True Non-Conformist A51082

Printed
… defence; yet against the Powers over us, it is subject to a special restraint. AssigneAssign me for this speciality but any colourable pretext, & cris mihi magnus Apollo. That the …
With rule
… defence; yet against the Powers over us, it is subject to a special restraint. AssigneAssign me for this speciality but any colourable pretext, & cris mihi magnus Apollo. That the …
Robert McWard · The True Non-Conformist · p. 419 · Open in the reader

Trial of the Charge of High Treason A65962

Printed
… and that which is dubious and doubtful, and fit to be debated in law, AſſigneAssign him counſel. You have heard all his particular exceptions, and given your judgement upon …
With rule
… and that which is dubious and doubtful, and fit to be debated in law, AſſigneAssign him counſel. You have heard all his particular exceptions, and given your judgement upon …
Christopher Love · Trial of the Charge of High Treason · p. 9 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

Printed
AssigneAssign]
With rule
AssigneAssign]
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
… marg. Lift up, or offer, 2 Chron. 30. 24. marg. Communicate, Mat. 10. 8. To be liberall, Prov. 21. 26. …, Mat. 25. 8. AssigneAssign or make over, Deut. 3. 12. 13. Intrust with, Luk. 19. 15. Obtain 1 Joh. 5. 16. Bestow in marriage, Deut. 7. 3. Furnish …
With rule
… marg. Lift up, or offer, 2 Chron. 30. 24. marg. Communicate, Mat. 10. 8. To be liberall, Prov. 21. 26. …, Mat. 25. 8. AssigneAssign or make over, Deut. 3. 12. 13. Intrust with, Luk. 19. 15. Obtain 1 Joh. 5. 16. Bestow in marriage, Deut. 7. 3. Furnish …
Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 263 · Open in the reader

Whole Works A68831

Printed
… it matter for y^e name, ſo long as you géeue them the very thynge? AſſigneAssign you what exteriour worſhipping and honouring béelongeth to God, or that wée may doe …
With rule
… it matter for y^e name, ſo long as you géeue them the very thynge? AſſigneAssign you what exteriour worſhipping and honouring béelongeth to God, or that wée may doe …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 352 · Open in the reader

Jurisdictions A87798

Printed
… Sheriff, thoſe two parts, ſo that thoſe two parts I could not deliver an AſſigneAssign, as the writ aforeſayd, in that doth command and require: In witneſſe whereof, as …
With rule
… Sheriff, thoſe two parts, ſo that thoſe two parts I could not deliver an AſſigneAssign, as the writ aforeſayd, in that doth command and require: In witneſſe whereof, as …
John Kitchin · Jurisdictions · p. 533 · Open in the reader