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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4349 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

appoyntappoint

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

Puritas changed it
474 times in 182 works
Consistency
98.7% (474 of 480)
Reach if approved
~504 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: appoint
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
480 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (474 changes in 182 works, 98.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 474)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    WHan Paul biſſhop of rome the third of that name did proclame & appoyntappoint a general councell to be holden at mantua in the yere. 1537. at the feſt …
    With rule
    WHan Paul biſſhop of rome the third of that name did proclame & appoyntappoint a general councell to be holden at mantua in the yere. 1537. at the feſt …

    Martin Luther · Last Will and Confession · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … yt he may not only euery .x. yere, but at all other tymes also appoyntappoint a general counsel, when his pleasure is. Ioan. Laziard, Cest.
    With rule
    … yt he may not only euery .x. yere, but at all other tymes also appoyntappoint a general counsel, when his pleasure is. Ioan. Laziard, Cest.

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … and ſuch like. But though it be in the libertie of the Magiſtrate, to appoyntappoint liuings in ſuch ſort as he thinketh good ſhall that excuſe the idle and …
    With rule
    … and ſuch like. But though it be in the libertie of the Magiſtrate, to appoyntappoint liuings in ſuch ſort as he thinketh good ſhall that excuſe the idle and …

    Josias Nichols · The Plea of the Innocent · p. 207 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ſerue thee hereafter in that eſtate & calling, which it ſhal pleaſe thee to ordeine & appoyntappoint for vs, vvhen vve ſhal come to age. Heare vs O father of al …
    With rule
    … ſerue thee hereafter in that eſtate & calling, which it ſhal pleaſe thee to ordeine & appoyntappoint for vs, vvhen vve ſhal come to age. Heare vs O father of al …

    Theodore Beza · A Little Catechism · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … their Flocks, let them be Curats of their Curats; over-see such, whom they appoyntappoint to oversee their people. Columella gives this counsell to Husband-men, never keepe a …
    With rule
    … their Flocks, let them be Curats of their Curats; over-see such, whom they appoyntappoint to oversee their people. Columella gives this counsell to Husband-men, never keepe a …

    Thomas Fuller · Josephs Party-Colored Coat · p. 187 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … indeed Authority ought to looke well to this, that it prescribe nothing but rightly, appoyntappoint no Rites nor Orders in the Church, but such as may set forward godlinesse …
    With rule
    … indeed Authority ought to looke well to this, that it prescribe nothing but rightly, appoyntappoint no Rites nor Orders in the Church, but such as may set forward godlinesse …

    George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    We here appoyntappoint the, to gouerne our congregacyon.
    With rule
    We here appoyntappoint the, to gouerne our congregacyon.

    John Bale · Comedy Concerning Corruption of Three Laws of Nature by Sodomites · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … with an inward and true repentance: and God shal derect all thy wayes and appoyntappoint thée how to goe either hither or thither as the Prophet Esaias saith▪ Though …
    With rule
    … with an inward and true repentance: and God shal derect all thy wayes and appoyntappoint thée how to goe either hither or thither as the Prophet Esaias saith▪ Though …

    William King · The Strait Gate to Heaven · p. 16 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition Upon Select Psalms A11005

  • Printed
    … a raynie weather: Notwithſtanding, they are able to come vnto the Church of God: AppoyntAppoint that fountaine] That is, they refreſh themſelues with a conſideration of that fountaine of …
    With rule
    … a raynie weather: Notwithſtanding, they are able to come vnto the Church of God: AppoyntAppoint that fountaine] That is, they refreſh themſelues with a conſideration of that fountaine of …

    Robert Rollock · Exposition Upon Select Psalms · p. 388 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Romans A14353

  • Printed
    … of another. But here, to iudge, ſignifieth to appoyntappoint a thing with our ſelues. AppoyntAppoint therfore with your ſelues (ſayth he) and thinke that this chiefly pertaineth to your …
    With rule
    … of another. But here, to iudge, ſignifieth to appoyntappoint a thing with our ſelues. AppoyntAppoint therfore with your ſelues (ſayth he) and thinke that this chiefly pertaineth to your …

    Peter Martyr Vermigli · Commentary on Romans · Open in the reader

An Exposition Upon Colossians A17389

  • Printed
    … sodainely surprise me? Ans. 1. Conceale it . 2. Depart from them with whom thou art angry . 3. AppoyntAppoint at the least that bound vnto thine anger, that the Sunne goe not downe …
    With rule
    … sodainely surprise me? Ans. 1. Conceale it . 2. Depart from them with whom thou art angry . 3. AppoyntAppoint at the least that bound vnto thine anger, that the Sunne goe not downe …

    Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 95 · Open in the reader