Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2438 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

desperatdesperate

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

Puritas changed it: 417 times in 190 works
Consistency: 98.3% (417 of 424)
Reach if approved: ~446 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: desperate
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 424 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (417 changes in 190 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 417)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… L. Menenius Lanatus were Conſulles, after which followed ſuch a terrible famine, that many, deſperatdesperate through hūger, caſt themſelues hedlong into the Riuer of Tyber. There folowed alſo an …
With rule
… L. Menenius Lanatus were Conſulles, after which followed ſuch a terrible famine, that many, deſperatdesperate through hūger, caſt themſelues hedlong into the Riuer of Tyber. There folowed alſo an …
Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… looſe, nor wife nor children to care for, ſome ſuch there are that are deſperatdesperate, and care not if they were out of the world, as our prouerbe ſaith …
With rule
… looſe, nor wife nor children to care for, ſome ſuch there are that are deſperatdesperate, and care not if they were out of the world, as our prouerbe ſaith …
Joseph Swetnam · The Noble and Worthy Science of Defense · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of a God; and a Day of Iudgement. Which, putteth him into such a desperatdesperate feare; that he is neuer alone, but his heart quakes; and his guilty Conscience …
With rule
… of a God; and a Day of Iudgement. Which, putteth him into such a desperatdesperate feare; that he is neuer alone, but his heart quakes; and his guilty Conscience …
George Wither · Exercises Upon the First Psalm in Prose and Verse · p. 96 · Open in the reader
Printed
… spirit: for the pro phets pur pose was to shew, that people wer in desperatdesperate case, without hope of help, til God did raise them, euē as it were …
With rule
… spirit: for the pro phets pur pose was to shew, that people wer in desperatdesperate case, without hope of help, til God did raise them, euē as it were …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 508 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and thirst after it, Mat. 5. 6 2. Such of the wicked as haue bin most prophane & desperatdesperate deriders, and contemners of al piety and religion, haue ost (euen in this life …
With rule
… and thirst after it, Mat. 5. 6 2. Such of the wicked as haue bin most prophane & desperatdesperate deriders, and contemners of al piety and religion, haue ost (euen in this life …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the church. For in turbis etiam prauus sortitur honorem: & quam dignitatis sedem quieta repub. desperatdesperate, eam perturbata se consequi posse arbitratur. If then the said course Pontificall worke in …
With rule
… the church. For in turbis etiam prauus sortitur honorem: & quam dignitatis sedem quieta repub. desperatdesperate, eam perturbata se consequi posse arbitratur. If then the said course Pontificall worke in …
Henry Jacob · To Prince James · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… come in, that myne houſe may be filled. This is to be vnderſtood of deſperatdesperate and weake conſciences, which alſo pertaine vnto this ſupper, and are compelled vnto it …
With rule
… come in, that myne houſe may be filled. This is to be vnderſtood of deſperatdesperate and weake conſciences, which alſo pertaine vnto this ſupper, and are compelled vnto it …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 169 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deuiſers of that cruel Maſſacre. Then farther, that mightie God hath ſtirred vp a deſperatdesperate Papiſticall Frier to coſe liues with that bloodie king. So that by the ſword …
With rule
… deuiſers of that cruel Maſſacre. Then farther, that mightie God hath ſtirred vp a deſperatdesperate Papiſticall Frier to coſe liues with that bloodie king. So that by the ſword …
John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 183 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

An Exposition of Genesis A44894

Printed
2. DesperatDesperate hypocrisy in pretending to cry for a blessing, and mourn for his father, and …
With rule
2. DesperatDesperate hypocrisy in pretending to cry for a blessing, and mourn for his father, and …
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 347 · Open in the reader
Printed
D. 4. DesperatDesperate hardnes makes men command Gods Ministers from them, when they faithfully speake for God.
With rule
D. 4. DesperatDesperate hardnes makes men command Gods Ministers from them, when they faithfully speake for God.
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 770 · Open in the reader
Printed
D. 3. DesperatDesperate sinners in their streits unreasonably demand from creatures, what God alone can do.
With rule
D. 3. DesperatDesperate sinners in their streits unreasonably demand from creatures, what God alone can do.
George Hughes · An Exposition of Genesis · p. 858 · Open in the reader

The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion A61509

Printed
… kinde of evil is not to be endured for avoyding a worſe in probability? 4. DeſperatDesperate diſeaſes muſt have deſperatdesperate cures; and it is better to hazard ſome thing in …
With rule
… kinde of evil is not to be endured for avoyding a worſe in probability? 4. DeſperatDesperate diſeaſes muſt have deſperatdesperate cures; and it is better to hazard ſome thing in …
James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 364 · Open in the reader

Christ Crucified A81890

Printed
… expected His Abſolving of them, becauſe of that Sacrifice; and that, though they were DeſperatDesperate by themſelves to Satisfie, yet that they had Faith in God's Covenant, that the …
With rule
… expected His Abſolving of them, becauſe of that Sacrifice; and that, though they were DeſperatDesperate by themſelves to Satisfie, yet that they had Faith in God's Covenant, that the …
James Durham · Christ Crucified · p. 312 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any inward Confuſion, Challenge, or Gnawing of Conſcience in Him, ſuch as is in DeſperatDesperate Sinners caſt under the Wrath of God, Becauſe there was no inward cauſe of …
With rule
… any inward Confuſion, Challenge, or Gnawing of Conſcience in Him, ſuch as is in DeſperatDesperate Sinners caſt under the Wrath of God, Becauſe there was no inward cauſe of …
James Durham · Christ Crucified · p. 356 · Open in the reader