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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33951 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

settessets

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it
77 times in 28 works
Consistency
100% (77 of 77)
Reach if approved
~81 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sets
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
77 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (77 changes in 28 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 77)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … to the effect, the one may be a commentarie to diſcipher the other, firſt ſettessets downe this chapter as a preface thereunto, containing in it cheiflie two godly inſtructions …
    With rule
    … to the effect, the one may be a commentarie to diſcipher the other, firſt ſettessets downe this chapter as a preface thereunto, containing in it cheiflie two godly inſtructions …

    John Napier · The Whole Revelation of John in Two Treatises · p. 186 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    6 With sorrowe hee settessets his heart to haue fellowship with Christ after his olde manner: and this he …
    With rule
    6 With sorrowe hee settessets his heart to haue fellowship with Christ after his olde manner: and this he …

    William Perkins · Whether Man Be in the Estate of Damnation or Grace · p. 96 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … the Fovvles from their neastes, and men from their Beddes: so vvhen the heart settessets forvvard to God, all the members vvill marche after it, the tongue vvil praise …
    With rule
    … the Fovvles from their neastes, and men from their Beddes: so vvhen the heart settessets forvvard to God, all the members vvill marche after it, the tongue vvil praise …

    Henry Smith · The Christians Sacrifice Seen and Allowed · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … vppon me the name of a ſanctified heart, he verie kindly, I thanke him, ſettessets his brand vpon me in the margine in this manner: A ſanctified Puritane. The …
    With rule
    … vppon me the name of a ſanctified heart, he verie kindly, I thanke him, ſettessets his brand vpon me in the margine in this manner: A ſanctified Puritane. The …

    Job Throckmorton · Defense of Throckmorton · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … their body els, declare an outwarde grief, and with wordes so vehemently and vnfeinedly, settessets it forward, that thei will force a man to be sory with them, and …
    With rule
    … their body els, declare an outwarde grief, and with wordes so vehemently and vnfeinedly, settessets it forward, that thei will force a man to be sory with them, and …

    Thomas Wilson · The Art of Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the manner of the world which now adayes maliceth him, insomuch that euery man settessets vp his bristles proudly and rebelliously, too come russhing ageinst him: but let vs …
    With rule
    … the manner of the world which now adayes maliceth him, insomuch that euery man settessets vp his bristles proudly and rebelliously, too come russhing ageinst him: but let vs …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · p. 109 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … in the Scripture, and fall vnto hereſies or become a maker of diuiſion and ſettessets and a defender of wilde and vayne opinions. For the whole and onely cauſe …
    With rule
    … in the Scripture, and fall vnto hereſies or become a maker of diuiſion and ſettessets and a defender of wilde and vayne opinions. For the whole and onely cauſe …

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 388 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … are giuing: it is enough if man giue with one hand; but the Lord settessets both his handes a doling his Almes of mercie. Nemo tuarum vnam vincet vtraque …
    With rule
    … are giuing: it is enough if man giue with one hand; but the Lord settessets both his handes a doling his Almes of mercie. Nemo tuarum vnam vincet vtraque …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 280 · Open in the reader

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None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.