Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #2741 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

winkewink

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

Puritas changed it: 601 times in 318 works
Consistency: 99.5% (601 of 604)
Reach if approved: ~635 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wink
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 604 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (601 changes in 318 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 601)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… nat cutte awaye all, thanne to wynke at suche vngodlynesse, and so longe to winkewink for a lyttell lucre, specially if it be vngodlynesse, and also seme vnto you …
With rule
… nat cutte awaye all, thanne to wynke at suche vngodlynesse, and so longe to winkewink for a lyttell lucre, specially if it be vngodlynesse, and also seme vnto you …
Hugh Latimer · Sermon Before Parliament Began · Open in the reader
Printed
… none among Chriſtians be weake, & do not oftentimes fall, yet true Chriſtians will neuer winkewink at thoſe things: they will reproue, amend, put away, couer, & cure whatſoeuer ſuch thing …
With rule
… none among Chriſtians be weake, & do not oftentimes fall, yet true Chriſtians will neuer winkewink at thoſe things: they will reproue, amend, put away, couer, & cure whatſoeuer ſuch thing …
Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 354 · Open in the reader
Printed
Danger will winkewink on opportunitie
With rule
Danger will winkewink on opportunitie
John Milton · A Mask Presented · p. 14 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vpon them, as cleerly as the Sunne at noone, but that they will needs winkewink, and alſo maliciouſly will (with the cloud of their owne inuentions) darken, and hide …
With rule
… vpon them, as cleerly as the Sunne at noone, but that they will needs winkewink, and alſo maliciouſly will (with the cloud of their owne inuentions) darken, and hide …
Richard Bernard · A Key of Knowledge to Open Revelation · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and further because he would not see his danger, would shut his eyes and winkewink, were but a foole, worthy to bee begged, and no better then a mad …
With rule
… and further because he would not see his danger, would shut his eyes and winkewink, were but a foole, worthy to bee begged, and no better then a mad …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 205 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are all men ſo farre inſtructed (or at leaſt if they doe not willfully winkewink may bee ſo farrē inſtructed) either by the voyce of the creature, or by …
With rule
… are all men ſo farre inſtructed (or at leaſt if they doe not willfully winkewink may bee ſo farrē inſtructed) either by the voyce of the creature, or by …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… nor lamented, we haue committed them. They obiect, our corrupt nature is disposed to winkewink at the offences of our brethren. I answere, howsoeuer corruption may be intermingled, yet …
With rule
… nor lamented, we haue committed them. They obiect, our corrupt nature is disposed to winkewink at the offences of our brethren. I answere, howsoeuer corruption may be intermingled, yet …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 629 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and agreement that should be betweene Ministers, bindes vs not to like of, or winkewink at the faults that are in Ministers. I know, some men count it a …
With rule
… and agreement that should be betweene Ministers, bindes vs not to like of, or winkewink at the faults that are in Ministers. I know, some men count it a …
Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 300 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

Printed
… great The…ues agree one with another; Claw me, and I will claw thee: WinkeWink at mine, and I will not see thy faults: They tune like Bells, and …
With rule
… great The…ues agree one with another; Claw me, and I will claw thee: WinkeWink at mine, and I will not see thy faults: They tune like Bells, and …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 64 · Open in the reader