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Waiting for reviewie → y, y / iCandidate #5090 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

fructifiefructify

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

Puritas changed it
392 times in 253 works
Consistency
98.9% (392 of 396)
Reach if approved
~416 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: fructify
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
396 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (392 changes in 253 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 392)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … ſhal ſtand for euer. He that is engraffed into Chriſt, ſhall growe, floriſh, and fructifiefructify, his leafe, his life ſhal neuer fade. He that is once Chriſts can neuer …
    With rule
    … ſhal ſtand for euer. He that is engraffed into Chriſt, ſhall growe, floriſh, and fructifiefructify, his leafe, his life ſhal neuer fade. He that is once Chriſts can neuer …

    John Prime · Exposition of Galatians · p. 149 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … that they wound thee not to thy heart: and if thou wouldeſt pleaſe God, fructifiefructify in good workes: and ſecondly by them growe in faith. The third point followes …
    With rule
    … that they wound thee not to thy heart: and if thou wouldeſt pleaſe God, fructifiefructify in good workes: and ſecondly by them growe in faith. The third point followes …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … opened, ſo Pharaohs heart is hardened: Euen as the thornes burne while the Vines fructifiefructify. When Iſhboſheth was a ſleepe vpon his bed, Baanab and Rechab came and tooke …
    With rule
    … opened, ſo Pharaohs heart is hardened: Euen as the thornes burne while the Vines fructifiefructify. When Iſhboſheth was a ſleepe vpon his bed, Baanab and Rechab came and tooke …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 683 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … true & ſure faith of the hart, ſtoppeth, that theſe gifts take no root to fructifiefructify to ſaluation, ſo that finallie they caſt it off, or let it wither & come …
    With rule
    … true & ſure faith of the hart, ſtoppeth, that theſe gifts take no root to fructifiefructify to ſaluation, ſo that finallie they caſt it off, or let it wither & come …

    Jean Taffin · The Marks of the Children of God and their Comforts in Affliction · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … shoulde represent the passion of Christe, which doth truely quicken vs, make vs too fructifiefructify and to growe vp.
    With rule
    … shoulde represent the passion of Christe, which doth truely quicken vs, make vs too fructifiefructify and to growe vp.

    John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 94 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in this my reſolution, helpe my vnbeliefe, increaſe the Faith which is within me; fructifiefructify in me that aſſurance of Abraham who beleeued in hope againſt hope: arme me …
    With rule
    … in this my reſolution, helpe my vnbeliefe, increaſe the Faith which is within me; fructifiefructify in me that aſſurance of Abraham who beleeued in hope againſt hope: arme me …

    John Harding · A Recantation · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Lord Iesus Christ who of his mere mercie hath caused our doctrine, somwhat to fructifiefructify, our good hope is, that with vs, and his afflicted Church, he wil continue …
    With rule
    … Lord Iesus Christ who of his mere mercie hath caused our doctrine, somwhat to fructifiefructify, our good hope is, that with vs, and his afflicted Church, he wil continue …

    John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 216 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … number your Metrophanes is admitted, who as ſoone as hee ſhall grow ripe, and fructifiefructify among us, as your wiſedome ſhall thinke fit, and it ſhall ſtand with the …
    With rule
    … number your Metrophanes is admitted, who as ſoone as hee ſhall grow ripe, and fructifiefructify among us, as your wiſedome ſhall thinke fit, and it ſhall ſtand with the …

    Ephraim Pagitt · Christianography · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

Forty-nine Sermons upon Colossians A35753

  • Printed
    … what muſt be done to pleaſe Him, the Apoſtle ſhews you in a word. FructifieFructify (ſaith he) in every good work. As often as the LORD ſhall caſt His …
    With rule
    … what muſt be done to pleaſe Him, the Apoſtle ſhews you in a word. FructifieFructify (ſaith he) in every good work. As often as the LORD ſhall caſt His …

    Jean Daille · Forty-nine Sermons upon Colossians · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … husbandry. Let there be no ſoul barren, and unprofitable among us, Let each one FructifieFructify of that He hath: each one improve the dreſſing, and ſap, the LORD hath …
    With rule
    … husbandry. Let there be no ſoul barren, and unprofitable among us, Let each one FructifieFructify of that He hath: each one improve the dreſſing, and ſap, the LORD hath …

    Jean Daille · Forty-nine Sermons upon Colossians · p. 36 · Open in the reader

A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors A37483

  • Printed
    Hence the Verb to [FructifieFructify] is put for the Study of Piety and good works, Hos. 13.15. Luk. 8.16. Rom. 7.4. Col …
    With rule
    Hence the Verb to [FructifieFructify] is put for the Study of Piety and good works, Hos. 13.15. Luk. 8.16. Rom. 7.4. Col …

    Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 137 · Open in the reader