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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #4755 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

verifieverify

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

Puritas changed it
436 times in 299 works
Consistency
99.7% (436 of 437)
Reach if approved
~459 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: verify
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
437 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (436 changes in 299 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 436)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the passages of holy Scripture, which the Fathers of the Church haue chosen, to verifieverify the truth of his Aduent. Of his first and of his second, his generall …
    With rule
    … the passages of holy Scripture, which the Fathers of the Church haue chosen, to verifieverify the truth of his Aduent. Of his first and of his second, his generall …

    James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … his owne teſtimony, and Gods alſo, and the witneſſe of his Apoſtle, doe all verifieverify the continuance of his patience to the end.
    With rule
    … his owne teſtimony, and Gods alſo, and the witneſſe of his Apoſtle, doe all verifieverify the continuance of his patience to the end.

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 180 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Antichriſt? What ſhall we ſay to theſe things? Surely God is iuſt and wil verifieverify his word, That they which receiue not the loue of the trueth, that they …
    With rule
    … Antichriſt? What ſhall we ſay to theſe things? Surely God is iuſt and wil verifieverify his word, That they which receiue not the loue of the trueth, that they …

    Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    3 And neede we go any farther then vnto our ſelues, who are here to verifieverify this doctrine? Behold vs a multitude aſſembled partly of originary inhabitants borne in this …
    With rule
    3 And neede we go any farther then vnto our ſelues, who are here to verifieverify this doctrine? Behold vs a multitude aſſembled partly of originary inhabitants borne in this …

    Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 243 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of many ſhall waxe cold, as thereby caſting a reproch vpon ſuch as ſhall verifieverify his words; yet we that are the Lords remembrancers, and haue experience of the …
    With rule
    … of many ſhall waxe cold, as thereby caſting a reproch vpon ſuch as ſhall verifieverify his words; yet we that are the Lords remembrancers, and haue experience of the …

    Richard Rogers · Sermons · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Saracens deſcended indeed of Hagar the bond-woman, as it were of purpoſe to verifieverify this type, will needs be called Saracens, of Sarah the free woman: and ſo …
    With rule
    … Saracens deſcended indeed of Hagar the bond-woman, as it were of purpoſe to verifieverify this type, will needs be called Saracens, of Sarah the free woman: and ſo …

    John Stoughton · Eleven Choice Sermons · p. 102 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    To verifieverify his promise, and confirme
    With rule
    To verifieverify his promise, and confirme

    John Vicars · A Prospective Glass to Look into Heaven · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … signifieth all Scripture, that is, euery booke of Scripture: and is there put to verifieverify, that the old Testament only serues to instruct to saluation: For, in the words …
    With rule
    … signifieth all Scripture, that is, euery booke of Scripture: and is there put to verifieverify, that the old Testament only serues to instruct to saluation: For, in the words …

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 418 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 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.