Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #53120 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

receavereceive

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

Puritas changed it: 620 times in 98 works
Consistency: 98.2% (620 of 631)
Reach if approved: ~663 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: receive
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 631 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (620 changes in 98 works, 98.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 620)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… which respects ordination, next, the rules anent government, how to rebuke offenders, not to receavereceive ane accusation, but before two or three witnesses, how to deal with heretikes, &c …
With rule
… which respects ordination, next, the rules anent government, how to rebuke offenders, not to receavereceive ane accusation, but before two or three witnesses, how to deal with heretikes, &c …
Thomas Forrester · Review and Examination of the Doctrine · p. 146 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Firſt, the heart muſt be emptied of all ſtumbling blocks of iniquity, I muſt receavereceive it in an honeſt heart, (that is) with a teachable & tractable heart, reſolving to …
With rule
… Firſt, the heart muſt be emptied of all ſtumbling blocks of iniquity, I muſt receavereceive it in an honeſt heart, (that is) with a teachable & tractable heart, reſolving to …
William Lyford · Principles of Faith and Good Conscience · p. 191 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it came to paſſe, that the people when their deſires were accompliſhed, did quietly receavereceive, willingly maintaine, diligently heare, & heartily love their Pastors, yea venter their whole estate and …
With rule
… it came to paſſe, that the people when their deſires were accompliſhed, did quietly receavereceive, willingly maintaine, diligently heare, & heartily love their Pastors, yea venter their whole estate and …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
3. When it is softned, and fitted to receavereceive impressions: when the Centurion by much dejection and prostration of his soule to God …
With rule
3. When it is softned, and fitted to receavereceive impressions: when the Centurion by much dejection and prostration of his soule to God …
John Preston · The Doctrine of the Saints Infirmities · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… why leſt they are infants to receavereceive the word, but the word they cannot receavereceive, ergo. I anſwere, that the commaundements is general to al nations, & therfor as Abraham …
With rule
… why leſt they are infants to receavereceive the word, but the word they cannot receavereceive, ergo. I anſwere, that the commaundements is general to al nations, & therfor as Abraham …
John Smyth · The Character of the Beast · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Goſpell the curates which in every pariſh preach y^• Goſpell ought of duety to receavereceive an honeſt living for thē & theyr howfholdes and even ſo ought y^• other officers …
With rule
… Goſpell the curates which in every pariſh preach y^• Goſpell ought of duety to receavereceive an honeſt living for thē & theyr howfholdes and even ſo ought y^• other officers …
William Tyndale · Faith Justifies Us Before We Can Bring Forth any Good Work · Open in the reader
Printed
… the soule, not by the body, by the godly only, not by all that receavereceive the Sacrament, by faith imbracing Christ present by his Spirit in the soule. Now …
With rule
… the soule, not by the body, by the godly only, not by all that receavereceive the Sacrament, by faith imbracing Christ present by his Spirit in the soule. Now …
David Calderwood · The Reexamination of Two of the Articles Abridged · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ever wagging, in obiecting diſobedience to the Maieſtrate, and printinge without pryuilege: you ſhall receavereceive anſwer in your Queres where you vrge this matter more importunatly. And thus mvch …
With rule
… ever wagging, in obiecting diſobedience to the Maieſtrate, and printinge without pryuilege: you ſhall receavereceive anſwer in your Queres where you vrge this matter more importunatly. And thus mvch …
John Darrell · A Survey of Dialogical Discourses · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

10 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.

Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches A01041

Printed
… him in high boasting and presumptuous promising of wonders, but performing nothing at all. ReceaveReceive then my dear brother, this little piece of my paines, wherein, and in ought …
With rule
… him in high boasting and presumptuous promising of wonders, but performing nothing at all. ReceaveReceive then my dear brother, this little piece of my paines, wherein, and in ought …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · Open in the reader

A Reexamination of the Five Articles Enacted at Perth in 1618 A17587

Printed
… bread is offered by the Minister, and the words of the Lord are heard, ReceaveReceive it, this is my bodie, divide it amongst you, Drink yee all of this …
With rule
… bread is offered by the Minister, and the words of the Lord are heard, ReceaveReceive it, this is my bodie, divide it amongst you, Drink yee all of this …
David Calderwood · A Reexamination of the Five Articles Enacted at Perth in 1618 · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles II A36435

Printed
… the Lord Great Conſtable, who putteth the ſame in the Kinges hand, ſaying, SIR, ReceaveReceive this kinglie Sword, for the Defence of the Fayth of CHRIST, and protection of …
With rule
… the Lord Great Conſtable, who putteth the ſame in the Kinges hand, ſaying, SIR, ReceaveReceive this kinglie Sword, for the Defence of the Fayth of CHRIST, and protection of …
Robert Douglas · The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles II · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Lindſay, took the Scepter, and put it in the Kinges right hand, ſaying, SIR, ReceaveReceive this Scepter the ſign of Royall Power of the Kingdom, that you may govern …
With rule
… Lindſay, took the Scepter, and put it in the Kinges right hand, ſaying, SIR, ReceaveReceive this Scepter the ſign of Royall Power of the Kingdom, that you may govern …
Robert Douglas · The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles II · p. 45 · Open in the reader

Paradise Lost A50919

Printed
ReceaveReceive with solemne purpose to observe
With rule
ReceaveReceive with solemne purpose to observe
John Milton · Paradise Lost · Open in the reader

The Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland A61639

Printed
… to, & no man is obliged either to Beleeve him to be Called or to ReceaveReceive him as Sent. Which things are ſo evident in themſelves, that whoever denyeth them …
With rule
… to, & no man is obliged either to Beleeve him to be Called or to ReceaveReceive him as Sent. Which things are ſo evident in themſelves, that whoever denyeth them …
James Stewart · The Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… horrid wickedneſs purchaſed the Apoſtleship by money, the Chriſtian World had been bound to ReceaveReceive him as an Apoſtle. 4. Though we are not to lanch out into theſe depths …
With rule
… horrid wickedneſs purchaſed the Apoſtleship by money, the Chriſtian World had been bound to ReceaveReceive him as an Apoſtle. 4. Though we are not to lanch out into theſe depths …
James Stewart · The Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland · p. 104 · Open in the reader

The Throne of Grace A63050

Printed
… know that they have, only four things I would ſay to ſuch. Ask mercy, ReceaveReceive mercy, Plead mercy, Hope in his mercy.
With rule
… know that they have, only four things I would ſay to ſuch. Ask mercy, ReceaveReceive mercy, Plead mercy, Hope in his mercy.
Robert Traill · The Throne of Grace · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. ReceaveReceive God's mercy. Receaving is eaſier than asking. Asking requires ſome pains; Receaving is but …
With rule
2. ReceaveReceive God's mercy. Receaving is eaſier than asking. Asking requires ſome pains; Receaving is but …
Robert Traill · The Throne of Grace · p. 196 · Open in the reader

The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent 2 B11736

Printed
… tho' in theire ordination of ministers, they use, as a ceremoniall speech, to say, ReceaveReceive the holy Ghost; and therein peradventure offer some force to the Scripture, unto which …
With rule
… tho' in theire ordination of ministers, they use, as a ceremoniall speech, to say, ReceaveReceive the holy Ghost; and therein peradventure offer some force to the Scripture, unto which …
William Bradshaw · The Unreasonableness of the Separation Made Apparent 2 · p. 65 · Open in the reader