Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #3290 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

impaireimpair

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

Puritas changed it: 344 times in 235 works
Consistency: 99.4% (344 of 346)
Reach if approved: ~364 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: impair
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 346 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (344 changes in 235 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 344)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… it serue to breed them? was it once profitable foreign; to improue? and now to impaireimpair the trueth? Did God send it for a doctrine of peace? and is it …
With rule
… it serue to breed them? was it once profitable foreign; to improue? and now to impaireimpair the trueth? Did God send it for a doctrine of peace? and is it …
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 188 · Open in the reader
Printed
Sinnes unconsented to, no soules impaireimpair,
With rule
Sinnes unconsented to, no soules impaireimpair,
Thomas Fuller · Davids Heinous Sin, Hearty Repentance, Heavy Punishment · Open in the reader
Printed
… good name, goods and bodies of our brethren amongſt whom we liue, and not impaireimpair, hurt, or maliciouſly maſſacre the ſame: to keepe our ſelues chaſte and vnſpotted from …
With rule
… good name, goods and bodies of our brethren amongſt whom we liue, and not impaireimpair, hurt, or maliciouſly maſſacre the ſame: to keepe our ſelues chaſte and vnſpotted from …
Henry Greenwood · Works · Open in the reader
Printed
… leaueth vnto the Churches discretion in some things, is not in any thing to impaireimpair the honour which the Church of God yeeldeth to the sacred scriptures perfection. Wherein …
With rule
… leaueth vnto the Churches discretion in some things, is not in any thing to impaireimpair the honour which the Church of God yeeldeth to the sacred scriptures perfection. Wherein …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · p. 134 · Open in the reader
Printed
A. I muſt not any way hurt or impaireimpair the chaſtitie of my neighbour, but euery way ſeeke to preſerue the ſame. The …
With rule
A. I muſt not any way hurt or impaireimpair the chaſtitie of my neighbour, but euery way ſeeke to preſerue the ſame. The …
Richard Bernard · A Double Catechism · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as his onlie lawful and currant coine, which we can not clip, imbaſe, or impaireimpair anie manner of waye, without high treaſon againſt his eternall maieſtie. Nowe concerning the …
With rule
… as his onlie lawful and currant coine, which we can not clip, imbaſe, or impaireimpair anie manner of waye, without high treaſon againſt his eternall maieſtie. Nowe concerning the …
Theodore Beza · Two Sermons and The Lords Supper · p. 199 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may bee ſaued, yet by building hay or ſtubble wee ſuffer loſſe? So farre impaireimpair the fulneſſe of our reward? 2. Are theſe inferiour truths amongſt the things reuealed? Then …
With rule
… may bee ſaued, yet by building hay or ſtubble wee ſuffer loſſe? So farre impaireimpair the fulneſſe of our reward? 2. Are theſe inferiour truths amongſt the things reuealed? Then …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of our owne ſoules with ſinne, and the Image of God in them, doe impaireimpair the glory of his Wiſedome and Workemanſhippe of which hee made them to have …
With rule
… of our owne ſoules with ſinne, and the Image of God in them, doe impaireimpair the glory of his Wiſedome and Workemanſhippe of which hee made them to have …
John Stoughton · The Heavenly Conversation and Natural Mans Condition · p. 155 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 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.

Law A00741

Printed
18 Eliz. cap. 1. To ImpaireImpair, Diminiſh, Falſifie, Scale, or Lighten any money by any Art, waies or meanes whatſoeuer.
With rule
18 Eliz. cap. 1. To ImpaireImpair, Diminiſh, Falſifie, Scale, or Lighten any money by any Art, waies or meanes whatſoeuer.
Henry Finch · Law · p. 222 · Open in the reader