Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2486 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

struckestruck

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

Puritas changed it: 380 times in 198 works
Consistency: 100% (380 of 380)
Reach if approved: ~399 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: struck
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 380 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (380 changes in 198 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 380)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… suspected of his father, effected by a treacherous Eunuch that garded him; which sodainely struckestruck him through the body and slew him. Abas his brother by solemne oath cleared …
With rule
… suspected of his father, effected by a treacherous Eunuch that garded him; which sodainely struckestruck him through the body and slew him. Abas his brother by solemne oath cleared …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 323 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſurpized by them; and then leaving our watchfullneſſe, and forgetting our conſolation, wee are ſtruckestruck downe for the preſent by them, and cannot ſupport our ſelves againſt them.
With rule
… ſurpized by them; and then leaving our watchfullneſſe, and forgetting our conſolation, wee are ſtruckestruck downe for the preſent by them, and cannot ſupport our ſelves againſt them.
Richard Sibbes · The Returning Backslider · p. 231 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God; wheras vnbeliefe layes a man open to iudgements, debarred Moses of Canaan, and struckestruck Zacharie dumbe: the greatest dishonour to God, is, not to relye on his Word …
With rule
… God; wheras vnbeliefe layes a man open to iudgements, debarred Moses of Canaan, and struckestruck Zacharie dumbe: the greatest dishonour to God, is, not to relye on his Word …
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 261 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as a Dog doth from a stone, or staffe, with which he hath beene struckestruck. Againe, the Crosse hath a force from the worke of him, that worketh with …
With rule
… as a Dog doth from a stone, or staffe, with which he hath beene struckestruck. Againe, the Crosse hath a force from the worke of him, that worketh with …
Daniel Featley · A Second Parallel · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… letters θ Ε Ο δ were in that order as they here stand, either struckestruck vpon by the ring, or picked vpon by the Cocke, whereupon they concluded that …
With rule
… letters θ Ε Ο δ were in that order as they here stand, either struckestruck vpon by the ring, or picked vpon by the Cocke, whereupon they concluded that …
Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 290 · Open in the reader
Printed
… one, he denyeth the other sometimes. Those that were in Pauls company when Christ struckestruck him down, & spake to him from heaven, had at that time the faculty of …
With rule
… one, he denyeth the other sometimes. Those that were in Pauls company when Christ struckestruck him down, & spake to him from heaven, had at that time the faculty of …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 650 · Open in the reader
Printed
26 For ſhe hath wounded and ſtruckestruck downe many, and mightie men of all ſorts haue bene ſlaine by her.
With rule
26 For ſhe hath wounded and ſtruckestruck downe many, and mightie men of all ſorts haue bene ſlaine by her.
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that men are so unholy when they come into his presence, they are not struckestruck with feare and reverence of his Majestie, when they come before him; hence also …
With rule
… that men are so unholy when they come into his presence, they are not struckestruck with feare and reverence of his Majestie, when they come before him; hence also …
John Preston · Life Eternal · p. 66 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.