Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4408 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

signifyethsignifieth

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

Puritas changed it: 549 times in 239 works
Consistency: 99.4% (549 of 552)
Reach if approved: ~580 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: signifieth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 552 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (549 changes in 239 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 549)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Kyng doeth entre for to worſhip, etc. The Ebrew worde, which we call (worſhippe) ſignifyethsignifieth properlye, to inclyne and bowe the knee. This good faythful man had now no …
With rule
… Kyng doeth entre for to worſhip, etc. The Ebrew worde, which we call (worſhippe) ſignifyethsignifieth properlye, to inclyne and bowe the knee. This good faythful man had now no …
Wolfgang Musculus · The Observer of Time · Open in the reader
Printed
A. The bread ſignifieth to me, the bodye crucified for mee, and the wine ſignifyethsignifieth vnto mee, the bloudde ſhedde out for me.
With rule
A. The bread ſignifieth to me, the bodye crucified for mee, and the wine ſignifyethsignifieth vnto mee, the bloudde ſhedde out for me.
Theodore Beza · A Little Catechism · Open in the reader
Printed
… or a gaine unto himselfe. In both which places, the Greeke word is foreign, which signifyethsignifieth a faire shew, pretence, or colour, which we use to call a cloake.
With rule
… or a gaine unto himselfe. In both which places, the Greeke word is foreign, which signifyethsignifieth a faire shew, pretence, or colour, which we use to call a cloake.
Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
First, Bee glad: the word Shimen comes of Shama…, which properly signifyethsignifieth inward and harty ioy, conceiued by the presence, or hope, at least opinion of …
With rule
First, Bee glad: the word Shimen comes of Shama…, which properly signifyethsignifieth inward and harty ioy, conceiued by the presence, or hope, at least opinion of …
Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · p. 390 · Open in the reader
Printed
What ſignifyethsignifieth then the name of Chriſte, whiche comprehendeth ſo many things?
With rule
What ſignifyethsignifieth then the name of Chriſte, whiche comprehendeth ſo many things?
Pierre Viret · A Christian Instruction Containing the Law and the Gospel · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and the Scripture sayeth, that Christes soule was in hell: I answere, that hell signifyethsignifieth either the place, or state of torments for sinnes: in the former, Caluine (whome …
With rule
… and the Scripture sayeth, that Christes soule was in hell: I answere, that hell signifyethsignifieth either the place, or state of torments for sinnes: in the former, Caluine (whome …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Topaze whych hath in hym the colours of all other stones. And thys signifyethsignifieth thē, whych are with all vertues adourned. Lyke as was Daniell the man of …
With rule
… a Topaze whych hath in hym the colours of all other stones. And thys signifyethsignifieth thē, whych are with all vertues adourned. Lyke as was Daniell the man of …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… reade it, Wee are choſen, the latter, wee haue obteyned an inheritance: The word ſignifyethsignifieth, we haue beene choſen, as it were by lot, to an inheritance. The ground …
With rule
… reade it, Wee are choſen, the latter, wee haue obteyned an inheritance: The word ſignifyethsignifieth, we haue beene choſen, as it were by lot, to an inheritance. The ground …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 241 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Annotations Upon the New Testament A50050

Printed
… having seven heads, and ten hornes, and upon his heads ten Crownes] Rise up] SignifyethSignifieth to get strength, Dan 4.8. and 8.8. Out of the Sea.] That is, of many and …
With rule
… having seven heads, and ten hornes, and upon his heads ten Crownes] Rise up] SignifyethSignifieth to get strength, Dan 4.8. and 8.8. Out of the Sea.] That is, of many and …
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 599 · Open in the reader

A Theological Dialogue A79438

Printed
1st. To your Major I anſwer, 1. To give Teſtimony, SignifyethSignifieth either by remote unſeen Conſequence to croſs Chriſts Faithfulneſs, and ſo do many of …
With rule
1st. To your Major I anſwer, 1. To give Teſtimony, SignifyethSignifieth either by remote unſeen Conſequence to croſs Chriſts Faithfulneſs, and ſo do many of …
Isaac Chauncy · A Theological Dialogue · p. 39 · Open in the reader