Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2620 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

acquiteacquit

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

Puritas changed it: 343 times in 194 works
Consistency: 99.4% (343 of 345)
Reach if approved: ~362 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: acquit
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 345 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (343 changes in 194 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 343)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… iniurious hands. The Law arraigns them not, the Iudgement seat of God shall not acquiteacquit them. These steale more quickly and with security, than a high-way robbes all …
With rule
… iniurious hands. The Law arraigns them not, the Iudgement seat of God shall not acquiteacquit them. These steale more quickly and with security, than a high-way robbes all …
Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he proteſteth both againe & again he found in him no crime, and therfore would acquiteacquit him. At laſt when more and more the noiſe andt uinult grewe, and he …
With rule
… he proteſteth both againe & again he found in him no crime, and therfore would acquiteacquit him. At laſt when more and more the noiſe andt uinult grewe, and he …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… they any more, which they may rightly require of me, but are enforced to acquiteacquit and diſcharge me. But here I muſt attayne vnto this alſo, that my hart …
With rule
… they any more, which they may rightly require of me, but are enforced to acquiteacquit and diſcharge me. But here I muſt attayne vnto this alſo, that my hart …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… euen in the preſence of the aduerſarie, that vpon good groundes you may either acquiteacquit it, or condemne it. It will prooue it ſelfe by Gods aſſiſtance, to be …
With rule
… euen in the preſence of the aduerſarie, that vpon good groundes you may either acquiteacquit it, or condemne it. It will prooue it ſelfe by Gods aſſiſtance, to be …
John Penry · The Appellation of John Penry · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… who hath left them to deale in the doctrine, wherein they haue learned to acquiteacquit themſelues ſo wel, that euerie one hath his morſel of the pray: & hath ſnatched …
With rule
… who hath left them to deale in the doctrine, wherein they haue learned to acquiteacquit themſelues ſo wel, that euerie one hath his morſel of the pray: & hath ſnatched …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 289 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with King Ahab at this time, I hope by his blessed assistance so to acquiteacquit his Holinesse and Truth and Iustice from all sinister imputations; as that hee may …
With rule
… with King Ahab at this time, I hope by his blessed assistance so to acquiteacquit his Holinesse and Truth and Iustice from all sinister imputations; as that hee may …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 286 · Open in the reader
Printed
… through his ignorance & vnskilfulneſſe) kil the man? doubtleſſe ſuch Miniſters are neuer able to acquiteacquit themſelues of the blood of ſuch mens ſouls in the laſt day.
With rule
… through his ignorance & vnskilfulneſſe) kil the man? doubtleſſe ſuch Miniſters are neuer able to acquiteacquit themſelues of the blood of ſuch mens ſouls in the laſt day.
Samuel Smith · The Ethiopian Eunuchs Conversion · p. 395 · Open in the reader
Printed
… properly there is no increaſe thereof, for he is fully and wholy diſcharged and acquiteacquit, or els it is no iuſtification. But becauſe we haue receiued the grace of …
With rule
… properly there is no increaſe thereof, for he is fully and wholy diſcharged and acquiteacquit, or els it is no iuſtification. But becauſe we haue receiued the grace of …
George Gifford · A Godly Zealous and Profitable Sermon Upon James 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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.

An Answer to Six Reasons of Thomas Pound A19649

Printed
I meruayle, howe Maiſter Turnebull eſcaped your frumpping pen. But to conclude this aſſercion. AcquiteAcquit your ſelfe as well as you can, why you ſhould not all be ſuſpected …
With rule
I meruayle, howe Maiſter Turnebull eſcaped your frumpping pen. But to conclude this aſſercion. AcquiteAcquit your ſelfe as well as you can, why you ſhould not all be ſuſpected …
Robert Crowley · An Answer to Six Reasons of Thomas Pound · Open in the reader

Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 A67927

Printed
… hope, cleauing vnto the promises of God, whiche in theyr owne tyme shalbe fulfilled. AcquiteAcquit youre selues lyke men agaynst the enemies of GOD in all humblenes of minde …
With rule
… hope, cleauing vnto the promises of God, whiche in theyr owne tyme shalbe fulfilled. AcquiteAcquit youre selues lyke men agaynst the enemies of GOD in all humblenes of minde …
John Foxe · Acts and Monuments Volume 2 Part 2 · p. 1699 · Open in the reader