Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2668 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

distastdistaste

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

Puritas changed it: 412 times in 277 works
Consistency: 96.0% (412 of 429)
Reach if approved: ~451 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: distaste
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 429 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (412 changes in 277 works, 96.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 412)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the loue of heauen, nor feare of hell, can worke in ſome any little diſtaſtdistaste of this worldly Egypt, that they may eat of this Manna that is hidden …
With rule
… the loue of heauen, nor feare of hell, can worke in ſome any little diſtaſtdistaste of this worldly Egypt, that they may eat of this Manna that is hidden …
Robert Horne · Life and Death · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any proofe taken out of Scripture for the maintenance of any doctrine that may diſtaſtdistaste the biſhop of Rome, or want his allowance. Tel ſuch that by ſcripture it …
With rule
… any proofe taken out of Scripture for the maintenance of any doctrine that may diſtaſtdistaste the biſhop of Rome, or want his allowance. Tel ſuch that by ſcripture it …
Sebastian Benefield · Sermon Preached 24 March 1610 · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… The King of Fesse before applauding his owne victories in theirs, began now to distastdistaste, and to distrust: he sends to them to demaund his fifths, and the tribute …
With rule
… The King of Fesse before applauding his owne victories in theirs, began now to distastdistaste, and to distrust: he sends to them to demaund his fifths, and the tribute …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 522 · Open in the reader
Printed
… so averse from these pleasanter Studies, that they shallbe unto him, any occasion of distastdistaste or disdaine. No man I thinke will be so Atheologicall or void of Divinity …
With rule
… so averse from these pleasanter Studies, that they shallbe unto him, any occasion of distastdistaste or disdaine. No man I thinke will be so Atheologicall or void of Divinity …
Samuel Ward · The Wonders of the Lodestone · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… if not only a meſſenger of ſuch credit, and authoritie, was ſent, ſhould ſo diſtaſtdistaste the chiefe point, and the very ſubſtance of his Meſſage? I intend not to …
With rule
… if not only a meſſenger of ſuch credit, and authoritie, was ſent, ſhould ſo diſtaſtdistaste the chiefe point, and the very ſubſtance of his Meſſage? I intend not to …
Anthony Wotton · Sermons Upon John 1 · p. 269 · Open in the reader
Printed
… could they poſſibly apply it to him, no more then to themſelues; nor he diſtaſtdistaste it, becauſe the reproofe was generall, and neceſſarily warranted from the Text in hand.
With rule
… could they poſſibly apply it to him, no more then to themſelues; nor he diſtaſtdistaste it, becauſe the reproofe was generall, and neceſſarily warranted from the Text in hand.
Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 430 · Open in the reader
Printed
… corners of his memory, to fetch out what might be, to bring Nonconformers into distastdistaste?
With rule
… corners of his memory, to fetch out what might be, to bring Nonconformers into distastdistaste?
William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader
Printed
Now to make vp your mouth againſt all diſtaſtdistaste of Incongruitie, I ſay the Poet kept within his Circle. For he well knew …
With rule
Now to make vp your mouth againſt all diſtaſtdistaste of Incongruitie, I ſay the Poet kept within his Circle. For he well knew …
John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 20 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Britains Remembrancer A15627

Printed
DistastDistaste him? Or, who certaine is, but some
With rule
DistastDistaste him? Or, who certaine is, but some
George Wither · Britains Remembrancer · Open in the reader

Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times A27006

Printed
… Things fitter for oblivion, than to be remembred, may seem liable to Exceptions and DistastDistaste from some; viz. such Discourses as respect the Solemn League and Covenant, the Oxford …
With rule
… Things fitter for oblivion, than to be remembred, may seem liable to Exceptions and DistastDistaste from some; viz. such Discourses as respect the Solemn League and Covenant, the Oxford …
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · Open in the reader

A Memorial Offered to John Williams A43532

Printed
… Bud of Virtue, had two Things to object againſt him. Firſt, That he gave DiſtaſtDistaste to ſome by his Vehemency of Anger, not ſeldom flying out. 'Tis true, he …
With rule
… Bud of Virtue, had two Things to object againſt him. Firſt, That he gave DiſtaſtDistaste to ſome by his Vehemency of Anger, not ſeldom flying out. 'Tis true, he …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were the greateſt part of the Grandees, except the Earl of Arundel, for a DiſtaſtDistaste taken, of which the Lord-Keeper need not be aſhamed.
With rule
… were the greateſt part of the Grandees, except the Earl of Arundel, for a DiſtaſtDistaste taken, of which the Lord-Keeper need not be aſhamed.
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when his Lordſhip was in Spain, far from the King, and giving no little DiſtaſtDistaste there by his Bearing, then he ſmooth'd his Errors to his Majeſty, and kept …
With rule
… when his Lordſhip was in Spain, far from the King, and giving no little DiſtaſtDistaste there by his Bearing, then he ſmooth'd his Errors to his Majeſty, and kept …
John Hacket · A Memorial Offered to John Williams · p. 107 · Open in the reader

The Christian Life A58787

Printed
… everlasting Breach between us and our Lusts, may prove only a Pet or short DistastDistaste, and like the Fallings out of Lovers end in the renewing of Love. And …
With rule
… everlasting Breach between us and our Lusts, may prove only a Pet or short DistastDistaste, and like the Fallings out of Lovers end in the renewing of Love. And …
John Scott · The Christian Life · p. 476 · Open in the reader

Upon Uprightness A61396

Printed
Sect. 2. Use 2. Repr. 1. Those that Distrust an upright God. 2. Those that DistastDistaste an upright man. 133
With rule
Sect. 2. Use 2. Repr. 1. Those that Distrust an upright God. 2. Those that DistastDistaste an upright man. 133
Richard Steele · Upon Uprightness · Open in the reader
Printed
2. Of those that DistastDistaste an upright Man.
With rule
2. Of those that DistastDistaste an upright Man.
Richard Steele · Upon Uprightness · p. 131 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. This Reproves those that DistastDistaste an upright man. He that is unlike God, cannot but dislike both him and …
With rule
2. This Reproves those that DistastDistaste an upright man. He that is unlike God, cannot but dislike both him and …
Richard Steele · Upon Uprightness · p. 133 · Open in the reader