Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2511 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

absurdeabsurd

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

Puritas changed it: 690 times in 209 works
Consistency: 99.5% (690 of 693)
Reach if approved: ~728 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: absurd
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 693 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (690 changes in 209 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 690)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Chriſt had one body whiche gaue, and another whiche was giuen. But that is abſurdeabsurd, therefore it muſt not properlie be vnderſtoode.
With rule
… Chriſt had one body whiche gaue, and another whiche was giuen. But that is abſurdeabsurd, therefore it muſt not properlie be vnderſtoode.
Dudley Fenner · The Whole Doctrine of the Sacraments · Open in the reader
Printed
MART. 2. Now then to come to our purpose, such are the absurdeabsurd translations of the English Bibles, and altogither like vnto these. Namely, when they translate …
With rule
MART. 2. Now then to come to our purpose, such are the absurdeabsurd translations of the English Bibles, and altogither like vnto these. Namely, when they translate …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
It will be replyed here againe, that this is more abſurdeabsurd then the former, namely, to cōfeſſe that euen humane wiſdome is Gods gift, a …
With rule
It will be replyed here againe, that this is more abſurdeabsurd then the former, namely, to cōfeſſe that euen humane wiſdome is Gods gift, a …
George Gifford · Eight Sermons on Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… cleare to all mens vnderstanding, I somewhat maruaile that they especially should thinke it absurdeabsurd to oppose Church-gouernement a plaine matter of action vnto matters of faith, who …
With rule
… cleare to all mens vnderstanding, I somewhat maruaile that they especially should thinke it absurdeabsurd to oppose Church-gouernement a plaine matter of action vnto matters of faith, who …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 132 · Open in the reader
Printed
… traditions: by the second, they stablishe and confirme theyr dremes, be they neuer so absurdeabsurd, neuer so agaynst scripture, honestye, reason. And yf any man resyste theym, euen with …
With rule
… traditions: by the second, they stablishe and confirme theyr dremes, be they neuer so absurdeabsurd, neuer so agaynst scripture, honestye, reason. And yf any man resyste theym, euen with …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader
Printed
… is common in the mouthes of Proteſtantes now a dayes. Moreouer, it is an abſurdeabsurd thing that a ſimple or vnlearned mā, who neither knoweth one letter of the …
With rule
… is common in the mouthes of Proteſtantes now a dayes. Moreouer, it is an abſurdeabsurd thing that a ſimple or vnlearned mā, who neither knoweth one letter of the …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… redemption of mankind, but also to effect and worke the same. It this be absurdeabsurd, then it is a flat abusing of scripture to gather frō this saying of …
With rule
… redemption of mankind, but also to effect and worke the same. It this be absurdeabsurd, then it is a flat abusing of scripture to gather frō this saying of …
William Perkins · Conscience · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… through an other mans faith: which in very deede is no leſſe falſe and abſurdeabsurd, then if I ſhoulde ſay, that any man could lyue by an other mans …
With rule
… through an other mans faith: which in very deede is no leſſe falſe and abſurdeabsurd, then if I ſhoulde ſay, that any man could lyue by an other mans …
Theodore Beza · Christian Questions and Answers Part 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue A01309

Printed
FVLK. 2. AbsurdeAbsurd trāslations of the English Bibles, you say are congregation for Churche, Elder for Priest …
With rule
FVLK. 2. AbsurdeAbsurd trāslations of the English Bibles, you say are congregation for Churche, Elder for Priest …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 133 · Open in the reader

A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 A18080

Printed
… and comparinge them together / ſett vpon them both at ones. beſide that it is AbſurdeAbsurd / that where the Adm. heere ſpake off the election: he anſwereth off admiſſion.
With rule
… and comparinge them together / ſett vpon them both at ones. beſide that it is AbſurdeAbsurd / that where the Adm. heere ſpake off the election: he anſwereth off admiſſion.
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · p. CCLXVI · Open in the reader