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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33985 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

pittyedpitied

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

Puritas changed it
73 times in 55 works
Consistency
100% (73 of 73)
Reach if approved
~77 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: pitied
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
73 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (73 changes in 55 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 73)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    But truly it is much to be pittyedpitied, to ſee ſuch ignorance in men profeſſing knowledge, that they cannot diſtinguiſh betwixt Gods …
    With rule
    But truly it is much to be pittyedpitied, to ſee ſuch ignorance in men profeſſing knowledge, that they cannot diſtinguiſh betwixt Gods …

    Praise-God Barebone · Defense of the Lawfulness of Baptizing Infants · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … elſe to ſee ſo many drowned in the mercyleſs grave, who would not have pittyedpitied them?
    With rule
    … elſe to ſee ſo many drowned in the mercyleſs grave, who would not have pittyedpitied them?

    William Strong · Thirty-One Select Sermons · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and to suffer euill: So Christ himselfe sped, he healed, and was hurt; he pittyedpitied, and was mocked; he saued others, himselfe was killed. The colour of our Liuery …
    With rule
    … and to suffer euill: So Christ himselfe sped, he healed, and was hurt; he pittyedpitied, and was mocked; he saued others, himselfe was killed. The colour of our Liuery …

    Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … with this honour that is to be magnified, is adioyned a misery to be pittyedpitied.
    With rule
    … with this honour that is to be magnified, is adioyned a misery to be pittyedpitied.

    Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 481 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … very compaſſionate heart towards the ſuffering ſervants of Chriſt, whether by impriſonment or otherwiſe; pittyedpitied them much; ſpake often of them, ſometimes with tears in her eyes; and praye …
    With rule
    … very compaſſionate heart towards the ſuffering ſervants of Chriſt, whether by impriſonment or otherwiſe; pittyedpitied them much; ſpake often of them, ſometimes with tears in her eyes; and praye …

    John Batchiler · The Virgins Pattern in the Life and Death of Susanna Perwich · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Reas. 3. Because their condition is to bee pittyedpitied, for they abide in the snares of the Devil, acted according to his will …
    With rule
    Reas. 3. Because their condition is to bee pittyedpitied, for they abide in the snares of the Devil, acted according to his will …

    David Dickson · An Exposition of Pauls Epistles · p. 175 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    4. If not, but in their affliction, thou hast rather mourned and pittyedpitied them, as David did (Psal. 35. 13. 14. then count it all joy when you fall into …
    With rule
    4. If not, but in their affliction, thou hast rather mourned and pittyedpitied them, as David did (Psal. 35. 13. 14. then count it all joy when you fall into …

    Henry Jessey · The Lords Loud Call to England · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Canons, and an enemy to the Popes temporal Power. But men are to be pittyedpitied when they meet with an untoward objection (such as that from Beckets Saintship and …
    With rule
    … Canons, and an enemy to the Popes temporal Power. But men are to be pittyedpitied when they meet with an untoward objection (such as that from Beckets Saintship and …

    Edward Stillingfleet · Answer to Cressys Epistle · p. 389 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

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