Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3258 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

explaineexplain

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

Puritas changed it: 802 times in 361 works
Consistency: 98.2% (802 of 816)
Reach if approved: ~857 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: explain
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 816 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (802 changes in 361 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 802)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and in som degree only; it is but occasionall, and for a time: wee'll explaineexplain it vnto you by this similitude. There's great difference betweene the hardnesse of stone …
With rule
… and in som degree only; it is but occasionall, and for a time: wee'll explaineexplain it vnto you by this similitude. There's great difference betweene the hardnesse of stone …
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Kings 17, 33, 34, 40, 41 of the Samaritans Idolatrie, wherein becauſe you are large, I will deferr to explaineexplain it till your Sixt Reaſon following: where is a proper place for it.
With rule
… Kings 17, 33, 34, 40, 41 of the Samaritans Idolatrie, wherein becauſe you are large, I will deferr to explaineexplain it till your Sixt Reaſon following: where is a proper place for it.
Henry Jacob · Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 33 · Open in the reader
Printed
… interpretor of that Councill, authoriſed by the Fathers of the ſame, doth more perſpicuouſly explaineexplain the meaning of that Canon, when hee ſaith, that men without faith, deſtitute of …
With rule
… interpretor of that Councill, authoriſed by the Fathers of the ſame, doth more perſpicuouſly explaineexplain the meaning of that Canon, when hee ſaith, that men without faith, deſtitute of …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
For the better vnderſtanding hereof, I will explaineexplain it at large in Sections.
With rule
For the better vnderſtanding hereof, I will explaineexplain it at large in Sections.
Richard Bernard · Christian See to Thy Conscience · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… historie of the beginning, increase, and ruine of the people of Israel, seruing to explaineexplain and shew the Line or Linage of Christ.
With rule
… historie of the beginning, increase, and ruine of the people of Israel, seruing to explaineexplain and shew the Line or Linage of Christ.
William Perkins · The Art of Prophesying · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue an honest heart, (I put them together, a single heart, that I would explaineexplain to you, they come much to one,) an honest heart stands in this, that …
With rule
… haue an honest heart, (I put them together, a single heart, that I would explaineexplain to you, they come much to one,) an honest heart stands in this, that …
John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lightninge. 1. Cor. 15. 52. 1. Thess. 4. 16. c. 5. 2. 3. 2. Thess. 1. 7. 8. 9. 10. Rev. 6. 12. to the end. Luke 21. 34. 35. Marke 13. 32. to 37. which thus explaineexplain it;) not to that part of heaven from whence hee shall descend; which if …
With rule
… lightninge. 1. Cor. 15. 52. 1. Thess. 4. 16. c. 5. 2. 3. 2. Thess. 1. 7. 8. 9. 10. Rev. 6. 12. to the end. Luke 21. 34. 35. Marke 13. 32. to 37. which thus explaineexplain it;) not to that part of heaven from whence hee shall descend; which if …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 36 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Margine is here applied. For the simple Reader, if a man should stand to explaineexplain euery Schoole terme, that, in such discourses and disputes as this, we are inforced …
With rule
… Margine is here applied. For the simple Reader, if a man should stand to explaineexplain euery Schoole terme, that, in such discourses and disputes as this, we are inforced …
Thomas Gataker · A Just Defense of Certain Passages · p. 146 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

6 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.

The Key of Knowledge A04155

Printed
ExplaineExplain the eigth commandement, Thou shalt not steale.
With rule
ExplaineExplain the eigth commandement, Thou shalt not steale.
John Jackson · The Key of Knowledge · Open in the reader

Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical Part 2 A46699

Printed
… in order hereunto I shall 1. Premise some Distinctions concerning the actions of man; and 2. ExplaineExplain what is meant by indifferency.
With rule
… in order hereunto I shall 1. Premise some Distinctions concerning the actions of man; and 2. ExplaineExplain what is meant by indifferency.
Henry Jeanes · Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical Part 2 · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
First, ExplaineExplain:
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First, ExplaineExplain:
Henry Jeanes · Mixture of Scholastical Divinity with Practical Part 2 · p. 327 · Open in the reader

Concerning the Indifference of Human Actions A46700

Printed
… in order hereunto I ſhall 1. Premiſe ſome Diſtinctions concerning the actions of man; and 2. ExplaineExplain what is meant by indifferency.
With rule
… in order hereunto I ſhall 1. Premiſe ſome Diſtinctions concerning the actions of man; and 2. ExplaineExplain what is meant by indifferency.
Henry Jeanes · Concerning the Indifference of Human Actions · p. 1 · Open in the reader

The Key of the Bible A57377

Printed
5. ExplaineExplain those places, wherein any matter or subject of Divinity is touched only occasionally or …
With rule
5. ExplaineExplain those places, wherein any matter or subject of Divinity is touched only occasionally or …
Francis Roberts · The Key of the Bible · p. 54 · Open in the reader

The Christian Sabbath Vindicated A78427

Printed
… Some Determinate ſolemne Time for Gods Worſhip is Morall Naturall.] This we muſt firſt ExplaineExplain, and then we ſhall ſet upon the proofe of it. For explication, we deſire …
With rule
… Some Determinate ſolemne Time for Gods Worſhip is Morall Naturall.] This we muſt firſt ExplaineExplain, and then we ſhall ſet upon the proofe of it. For explication, we deſire …
Daniel Cawdry · The Christian Sabbath Vindicated · p. 149 · Open in the reader