Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #53061 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mouldedmolded

Everything else the mechanical classes do not explain: shew → show, then → than.

Puritas changed it: 671 times in 466 works
Consistency: 97.2% (671 of 690)
Reach if approved: ~726 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Disagrees: moulded
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 691 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (671 changes in 466 works, 97.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 671)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… mount of the Romane Monarchie, and blowing now to ruine and ouerthrow the beaſt mouldedmolded vpon this pattern and ſeated in the Temple of God vpon the very ſame …
With rule
… mount of the Romane Monarchie, and blowing now to ruine and ouerthrow the beaſt mouldedmolded vpon this pattern and ſeated in the Temple of God vpon the very ſame …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 384 · Open in the reader
Printed
… separated in severall graines and grapes, yet are they by the art of man mouldedmolded together and made up into one artificiall body consisting of divers homogeneous parts: men …
With rule
… separated in severall graines and grapes, yet are they by the art of man mouldedmolded together and made up into one artificiall body consisting of divers homogeneous parts: men …
Edward Reynolds · Meditations on the Lords Supper · p. 103 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sencible of the mercies of God in Christ, and labour to bee transformed, and mouldedmolded into this Gospell, every day more and more▪ That that hath beene spoken shall …
With rule
… sencible of the mercies of God in Christ, and labour to bee transformed, and mouldedmolded into this Gospell, every day more and more▪ That that hath beene spoken shall …
Richard Sibbes · The Excellency of the Gospel Above the Law · p. 649 · Open in the reader
Printed
… draw it out unto a length; but a peice of ſoft Waxe might be mouldedmolded to any faſhion, made round or flat, or ſquare, or drawne out to any …
With rule
… draw it out unto a length; but a peice of ſoft Waxe might be mouldedmolded to any faſhion, made round or flat, or ſquare, or drawne out to any …
Samuel Torshell · The Saints Humiliation · p. 110 · Open in the reader
Printed
… onelie in the Heauens: Such follies and fancies by the subtilitie of Sathan, are mouldedmolded into vnstable and vnhallowed braines. There is a secret influence of folie from the …
With rule
… onelie in the Heauens: Such follies and fancies by the subtilitie of Sathan, are mouldedmolded into vnstable and vnhallowed braines. There is a secret influence of folie from the …
Zacharie Boyd · The Last Battle of the Soul · p. 819 · Open in the reader
Printed
… pleasant. Waters of Heresie, stollen from the Cisternes of Superstition. The bread of Deceipt, mouldedmolded by Errour, and baked in the Ouen of Tradition. Wee haue three commune Enemies …
With rule
… pleasant. Waters of Heresie, stollen from the Cisternes of Superstition. The bread of Deceipt, mouldedmolded by Errour, and baked in the Ouen of Tradition. Wee haue three commune Enemies …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſucceeding times, if you pleaſe. There's firſt, your owne family and poſteritie to bee mouldedmolded; ſecondly, there be poore Orphans and children to be bred, Schooles to be erected …
With rule
… ſucceeding times, if you pleaſe. There's firſt, your owne family and poſteritie to bee mouldedmolded; ſecondly, there be poore Orphans and children to be bred, Schooles to be erected …
Robert Harris · Hezekiahs Recovery · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… waxe, that eaſily ſuffereth it ſelfe to bee drawne backward and forward, to bee mouldedmolded and faſhioned this way and that way, and howſoeuer yee liſt. What further need …
With rule
… waxe, that eaſily ſuffereth it ſelfe to bee drawne backward and forward, to bee mouldedmolded and faſhioned this way and that way, and howſoeuer yee liſt. What further need …
Humphrey Lynde · The Safe Way Leading All Christians · p. 278 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

6 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.

Existence and Attributes of God A32723

Printed
… let the Creatures tumble together, as they pleaſe, without any order, after he had MouldedMolded them in his hand. If Goodneſs be diffuſive and communicative of it ſelf, can …
With rule
… let the Creatures tumble together, as they pleaſe, without any order, after he had MouldedMolded them in his hand. If Goodneſs be diffuſive and communicative of it ſelf, can …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 672 · Open in the reader

The Gentile Sinner A39252

Printed
… delicate palate, and loves to feed upon fresh Diet; and very much Nauseates the MouldedMolded Offals of Antiquity. No broken Dishes come to her table, neither can she subsist …
With rule
… delicate palate, and loves to feed upon fresh Diet; and very much Nauseates the MouldedMolded Offals of Antiquity. No broken Dishes come to her table, neither can she subsist …
Clement Ellis · The Gentile Sinner · p. 254 · Open in the reader

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

Printed
… pretence of Antiquity. Indeed the Romiſh Religion is no better than Clouted Shooes, and MouldedMolded Bread, yet non erat ſic ab initio, our Religion is found in the Bible …
With rule
… pretence of Antiquity. Indeed the Romiſh Religion is no better than Clouted Shooes, and MouldedMolded Bread, yet non erat ſic ab initio, our Religion is found in the Bible …
Christopher Ness · A Complete History and Mystery of the Old and New Testament · p. 34 · Open in the reader

The Bowels of Tender Mercy Sealed in the Everlasting Covenant A59035

Printed
… have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine whereto ye were delivered, Rom. 6. 17. MouldedMolded, caſt.
With rule
… have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine whereto ye were delivered, Rom. 6. 17. MouldedMolded, caſt.
Obadiah Sedgwick · The Bowels of Tender Mercy Sealed in the Everlasting Covenant · p. 573 · Open in the reader

Rights of the Kingdom A59386

Printed
… in all Ages, the Militia was as well disposed and managed, as it was MouldedMolded by Common Consent, which is very considerable; and the rather, because all that wrot …
With rule
… in all Ages, the Militia was as well disposed and managed, as it was MouldedMolded by Common Consent, which is very considerable; and the rather, because all that wrot …
John Sadler · Rights of the Kingdom · p. 149 · Open in the reader

Christ Under the Law A92967

Printed
The Ancients MouldedMolded All, by 12, or 24. The Great Amphiction Counſel, of 12 Counties: with double Votes; or 24 As …
With rule
The Ancients MouldedMolded All, by 12, or 24. The Great Amphiction Counſel, of 12 Counties: with double Votes; or 24 As …
John Sadler · Christ Under the Law · p. 32 · Open in the reader