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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4369 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

beautifiebeautify

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

Puritas changed it
948 times in 601 works
Consistency
97.5% (948 of 972)
Reach if approved
~1,021 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: beautify
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
972 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (948 changes in 601 works, 97.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 948)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … with ſumptuous and ſtately Temples, more glorious than Kings have in that kinde, to beautifiebeautify the worſhip of God with pompous ſolemnities (as all is in the Church of …
    With rule
    … with ſumptuous and ſtately Temples, more glorious than Kings have in that kinde, to beautifiebeautify the worſhip of God with pompous ſolemnities (as all is in the Church of …

    Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 367 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … poli…ique gouernment, by decrées and ordinaunces not to be borne with: they doe beautifiebeautify them with goodly E…n…, and do eſtabliſh his pompes and royall faculties through …
    With rule
    … poli…ique gouernment, by decrées and ordinaunces not to be borne with: they doe beautifiebeautify them with goodly E…n…, and do eſtabliſh his pompes and royall faculties through …

    Philipp Melanchthon · Of Two Popish Monsters – A Popish Ass and a Monkish Calf · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … vs, Eſay 26. 12. reioycing ouer vs to do vs good, Ier. 32. 41. Pſal. 147. 11. and 14 9. 4. and to beautifiebeautify vs with ſaluation, Pſal. 149. 4. for what worke he beginneth, the ſame will he perfect …
    With rule
    … vs, Eſay 26. 12. reioycing ouer vs to do vs good, Ier. 32. 41. Pſal. 147. 11. and 14 9. 4. and to beautifiebeautify vs with ſaluation, Pſal. 149. 4. for what worke he beginneth, the ſame will he perfect …

    Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 311 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … will come and taste, you shall haue all his Jewels, all his Graces, to beautifiebeautify and to adorne you withall: let this perswade you to come in.
    With rule
    … will come and taste, you shall haue all his Jewels, all his Graces, to beautifiebeautify and to adorne you withall: let this perswade you to come in.

    John Preston · The Breastplate of Faith and Love · p. 114 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … he shall care for no God: the meaning is (saith he) that Constantine did beautifiebeautify the place of Rome which was his seate, and l…ft it to the …
    With rule
    … he shall care for no God: the meaning is (saith he) that Constantine did beautifiebeautify the place of Rome which was his seate, and l…ft it to the …

    John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 416 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … and claw of a Diamond; which is made vp of vertuous actions. Good herbes beautifiebeautify more then dead stones. Wheresoeuer thou shalt be buried, obscurity shall not swallow thee …
    With rule
    … and claw of a Diamond; which is made vp of vertuous actions. Good herbes beautifiebeautify more then dead stones. Wheresoeuer thou shalt be buried, obscurity shall not swallow thee …

    Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … which is honoured with ſo divine renowne: which the glorious blood of Martyrs doth beautifiebeautify.
    With rule
    … which is honoured with ſo divine renowne: which the glorious blood of Martyrs doth beautifiebeautify.

    William Gouge · Recover from Apostasy · p. 52 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … you the last day) a goodly garment, and such as will greatly adorne and beautifiebeautify a man; nay it is not onely as a garment to clothe, to decke …
    With rule
    … you the last day) a goodly garment, and such as will greatly adorne and beautifiebeautify a man; nay it is not onely as a garment to clothe, to decke …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon Psalm 51 · p. 683 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (24)

11 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 13 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Unloveliness of Love-Locks A10199

  • Printed
    … and there…ore purchase the hairie excrements of some other person, to Adorne and BeautifieBeautify their Heads with all; must needes incurre Gods Iudgement; because they taxe and censure …
    With rule
    … and there…ore purchase the hairie excrements of some other person, to Adorne and BeautifieBeautify their Heads with all; must needes incurre Gods Iudgement; because they taxe and censure …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the custo…e of our Countrey: and which d…eth most Adorne, Commend, and BeautifieBeautify vs in the eyes of God, and of the Bes…, th… Wisest, and Greatest …
    With rule
    … the custo…e of our Countrey: and which d…eth most Adorne, Commend, and BeautifieBeautify vs in the eyes of God, and of the Bes…, th… Wisest, and Greatest …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … long Haire is contrary and aue…se,) and it doeth most Adorne, Commend, and BeautifieBeautify vs in the sight of God, and of the Best, the Wisest, the Grauest …
    With rule
    … long Haire is contrary and aue…se,) and it doeth most Adorne, Commend, and BeautifieBeautify vs in the sight of God, and of the Best, the Wisest, the Grauest …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … sexe: that they can finde no spare, nor leasure time, to Dresse, Adorne, or BeautifieBeautify, their Vgly, Filthy, Naked, Poore, and vnadorned Soules, (which lye Rotting, and stinking in …
    With rule
    … sexe: that they can finde no spare, nor leasure time, to Dresse, Adorne, or BeautifieBeautify, their Vgly, Filthy, Naked, Poore, and vnadorned Soules, (which lye Rotting, and stinking in …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … Exemplary, Deuout, and Christian manner, as may Adorne the Gospel of Iesus Christ, and BeautifieBeautify that outward profession, and practise of Religion, which you haue formerly tainted, and defamed …
    With rule
    … Exemplary, Deuout, and Christian manner, as may Adorne the Gospel of Iesus Christ, and BeautifieBeautify that outward profession, and practise of Religion, which you haue formerly tainted, and defamed …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 59 · Open in the reader

A Treatise of Divine Providence A32726

  • Printed
    … come unto thee, the Firr Tree, the Pine-Tree, and the Box together to BeautifieBeautify the place of my Sanctuary. It ſhallbe called the City of the Lord, the …
    With rule
    … come unto thee, the Firr Tree, the Pine-Tree, and the Box together to BeautifieBeautify the place of my Sanctuary. It ſhallbe called the City of the Lord, the …

    Stephen Charnock · A Treatise of Divine Providence · p. 324 · Open in the reader

A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament A52807

  • Printed
    N B. 2. Thoſe Shepherds the Prieſts did not only Build and BeautifieBeautify this Sheep-gate, but did alſo Conſecrate it by Prayer and Sacrifice; from whence …
    With rule
    N B. 2. Thoſe Shepherds the Prieſts did not only Build and BeautifieBeautify this Sheep-gate, but did alſo Conſecrate it by Prayer and Sacrifice; from whence …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 709 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … of Opher, nor his ſeven thouſand Talents of refined Silver, as David had to BeautifieBeautify the Temple with, 1 Chron. 29.4. yet had he a thouſand Drams of Gold, &c. to …
    With rule
    … of Opher, nor his ſeven thouſand Talents of refined Silver, as David had to BeautifieBeautify the Temple with, 1 Chron. 29.4. yet had he a thouſand Drams of Gold, &c. to …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    6. Shoes (that are neatly made) do likewiſe BeautifieBeautify the feet, thus 'tis ſaid [How Beautifull are thy Feet with ſhoes, O Princes …
    With rule
    6. Shoes (that are neatly made) do likewiſe BeautifieBeautify the feet, thus 'tis ſaid [How Beautifull are thy Feet with ſhoes, O Princes …

    Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 145 · Open in the reader

A Complete Christian Dictionary A66593

  • Printed
    BeautifieBeautify]
    With rule
    BeautifieBeautify]

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    To gild, Rev. 17. 4. marg. BeautifieBeautify, Isa. 60. 13. Garnish, Mat. 12. 44. Adorn, Luk. 21. 5. Spoken of the prosperous estate of Jerusalem through Gods …
    With rule
    To gild, Rev. 17. 4. marg. BeautifieBeautify, Isa. 60. 13. Garnish, Mat. 12. 44. Adorn, Luk. 21. 5. Spoken of the prosperous estate of Jerusalem through Gods …

    Thomas Wilson · A Complete Christian Dictionary · p. 148 · Open in the reader