Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4221 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

terrifieterrify

ie for a final y, y for i: mercie → mercy, tyme → time.

Puritas changed it: 2,166 times in 1,094 works
Consistency: 100% (2,166 of 2,166)
Reach if approved: ~2,276 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: terrify
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,166 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,166 changes in 1,094 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,166)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… that you haue vsed. And that Saint Augustine sayth, Cresconius went fondly about to terrifieterrify him, with the Greeke word Anti…athegoria, you doe the like with Parasceue, Azymes …
With rule
… that you haue vsed. And that Saint Augustine sayth, Cresconius went fondly about to terrifieterrify him, with the Greeke word Anti…athegoria, you doe the like with Parasceue, Azymes …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 529 · Open in the reader
Printed
A. Theſe woordes are a very vehement threatning, by which the Lord would terrifieterrify men, that they bee not bolde to abuſe his name.
With rule
A. Theſe woordes are a very vehement threatning, by which the Lord would terrifieterrify men, that they bee not bolde to abuſe his name.
George Gifford · A Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
… the glory of them: ) or ſuch as he conceiueth to be of force to terrifieterrify them, as are all manner of troubles and afflictions. Thus it is ſaid that …
With rule
… the glory of them: ) or ſuch as he conceiueth to be of force to terrifieterrify them, as are all manner of troubles and afflictions. Thus it is ſaid that …
William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 245 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath many names in like reſpects: as it is called TARTAROS of TAROSSO▪ to terrifieterrify: becauſe of the terrors thereof.
With rule
… hath many names in like reſpects: as it is called TARTAROS of TAROSSO▪ to terrifieterrify: becauſe of the terrors thereof.
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by your sorceryes and wytchecraftes. By the name of S. Augustyne, ye thinke to terrifieterrify vs, and to driue vs from the wraste lyng place compellinge mē to beleue …
With rule
… by your sorceryes and wytchecraftes. By the name of S. Augustyne, ye thinke to terrifieterrify vs, and to driue vs from the wraste lyng place compellinge mē to beleue …
John Bale · Against a Rank Papist · p. lxxx · Open in the reader
Printed
… any remorce by the light of the Goſpel ſhining in his heart, it wil terrifieterrify him to remember his former miſery, and make his belly to tremble to conſider …
With rule
… any remorce by the light of the Goſpel ſhining in his heart, it wil terrifieterrify him to remember his former miſery, and make his belly to tremble to conſider …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 30 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and reveale Gods minde, and though all the Devils ſhould come from hell to terrifieterrify thee, becauſe unbeleefe drawes away thy heart, and pluckes away the ſoule, and makes …
With rule
… and reveale Gods minde, and though all the Devils ſhould come from hell to terrifieterrify thee, becauſe unbeleefe drawes away thy heart, and pluckes away the ſoule, and makes …
Thomas Hooker · The Souls Vocation · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
… feare one thing as he should. Awfull reuerence to God doth rather bolden, then terrifieterrify a man. They that trust in the Lord, shall be as mount Sion, which …
With rule
… feare one thing as he should. Awfull reuerence to God doth rather bolden, then terrifieterrify a man. They that trust in the Lord, shall be as mount Sion, which …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 39 · 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.