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expoundeexpound

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

Puritas changed it
671 times in 167 works
Consistency
98.5% (671 of 681)
Reach if approved
~716 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: expound
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
681 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (671 changes in 167 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 671)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the Theſſalonians a briefe of his minde, which their meditation ſhould after amplifie and expoundeexpound vnto them: His firſt aduiſe is, quench not the Spirite: that is, when a …
    With rule
    … the Theſſalonians a briefe of his minde, which their meditation ſhould after amplifie and expoundeexpound vnto them: His firſt aduiſe is, quench not the Spirite: that is, when a …

    Henry Smith · Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Fielde of London, to reade a parcell of Scripture in Engliſhe to them, and expoundeexpound to them many thinges againſt images offerings, prayer in the Latine tongue, againſt the …
    With rule
    … Fielde of London, to reade a parcell of Scripture in Engliſhe to them, and expoundeexpound to them many thinges againſt images offerings, prayer in the Latine tongue, againſt the …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the smaller spottes which sticke by him. In the same sense doth Theodoretus both expoundeexpound the wordes of the Apostle, and vtter his iudgement of Purgatory also: and almost …
    With rule
    … the smaller spottes which sticke by him. In the same sense doth Theodoretus both expoundeexpound the wordes of the Apostle, and vtter his iudgement of Purgatory also: and almost …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 122 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    The Church hath povver to expoundeexpound those prayers mentioned in the Scriptures, and to apply them to their seuerall necessities …
    With rule
    The Church hath povver to expoundeexpound those prayers mentioned in the Scriptures, and to apply them to their seuerall necessities …

    John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … liar. Nothing is this against thē which by the other scriptures and histories doth expoundeexpound thys reuelacyon, to make it to theyr vnderstandynge more playne. For than should Saynt …
    With rule
    … liar. Nothing is this against thē which by the other scriptures and histories doth expoundeexpound thys reuelacyon, to make it to theyr vnderstandynge more playne. For than should Saynt …

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

  6. Printed
    … are worthy of this seruice, as he addeth in the verse following. Thus I expoundeexpound this verse to be a consolation for pastours, ciuill Magistrates and gouernours of families …
    With rule
    … are worthy of this seruice, as he addeth in the verse following. Thus I expoundeexpound this verse to be a consolation for pastours, ciuill Magistrates and gouernours of families …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 65 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … they both behelde and deſired too retaine, but yet nowe and then coulde not expoundeexpound the ſame. For it is nothing at all too bee doubted, that this kynde …
    With rule
    … they both behelde and deſired too retaine, but yet nowe and then coulde not expoundeexpound the ſame. For it is nothing at all too bee doubted, that this kynde …

    Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … maſters of corrupt time at their leaſure, or begging Fryers for their gaine, to expoundeexpound in miſerable maner, to hungry, poore, and sterued ſoules. And then as good no …
    With rule
    … maſters of corrupt time at their leaſure, or begging Fryers for their gaine, to expoundeexpound in miſerable maner, to hungry, poore, and sterued ſoules. And then as good no …

    John Prime · The Sacraments Generally and of Baptism and the Supper · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel A14463

  • Printed
    EXpoundeExpound vnto me ſomewhat more plainly thy meaning in this.
    With rule
    EXpoundeExpound vnto me ſomewhat more plainly thy meaning in this.

    Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 130 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ExpoundeExpound vnto me then ye ſimilitude.
    With rule
    ExpoundeExpound vnto me then ye ſimilitude.

    Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 175 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ExpoundeExpound the ſame to me ſomewhat more plainely.
    With rule
    ExpoundeExpound the ſame to me ſomewhat more plainely.

    Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 231 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    EXpoundeExpound this ſame vnto me ſomewhat more at large.
    With rule
    EXpoundeExpound this ſame vnto me ſomewhat more at large.

    Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 329 · Open in the reader

Exposition of the Apostles Creed A14468

  • Printed
    ExpoundeExpound me al theſe poyntes by perticulers, and tell me fyrſte howe he is father …
    With rule
    ExpoundeExpound me al theſe poyntes by perticulers, and tell me fyrſte howe he is father …

    Pierre Viret · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ExpoundeExpound the ſame alitle better vnto me by particulers.
    With rule
    ExpoundeExpound the ſame alitle better vnto me by particulers.

    Pierre Viret · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ExpoundeExpound thys vnto me more larglye, for I vnderſtande not well what thou woldeſte ſaye.
    With rule
    ExpoundeExpound thys vnto me more larglye, for I vnderſtande not well what thou woldeſte ſaye.

    Pierre Viret · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · Open in the reader

The Wonderful Workmanship of the World A19803

  • Printed
    ExpoundeExpound your owne woordes more plainly.
    With rule
    ExpoundeExpound your owne woordes more plainly.

    Lambert Daneau · The Wonderful Workmanship of the World · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ExpoundeExpound your ſaying more euidently.
    With rule
    ExpoundeExpound your ſaying more euidently.

    Lambert Daneau · The Wonderful Workmanship of the World · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    ExpoundeExpound this more plainly.
    With rule
    ExpoundeExpound this more plainly.

    Lambert Daneau · The Wonderful Workmanship of the World · p. 81 · Open in the reader