Waiting for reviewOther spellingsCandidate #53219 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ageinstagainst

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

Puritas changed it: 544 times in 15 works
Consistency: 99.6% (544 of 546)
Reach if approved: ~574 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: against
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 546 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (544 changes in 15 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 544)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… too it self, too the hurt of the other: if my foote should conspyre ageinstagainst my legge, or if my bellye could woorke some pretie slyght ageinstagainst my stomacke …
With rule
… too it self, too the hurt of the other: if my foote should conspyre ageinstagainst my legge, or if my bellye could woorke some pretie slyght ageinstagainst my stomacke …
John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · Open in the reader
Printed
… of warre, too gyue our ſelues too the ſeruing of God, namely by fyghting ageinſtagainst the woorkes of the fleſhe, not ageinſtagainst the woorkes that are manifeſt, & which the …
With rule
… of warre, too gyue our ſelues too the ſeruing of God, namely by fyghting ageinſtagainst the woorkes of the fleſhe, not ageinſtagainst the woorkes that are manifeſt, & which the …
John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpare him; but then the anger of the Lord, and his jealouſie, ſhall ſmoak ageinſtagainst that man, and all the curſes that are written in this hook ſhall lie …
With rule
… ſpare him; but then the anger of the Lord, and his jealouſie, ſhall ſmoak ageinſtagainst that man, and all the curſes that are written in this hook ſhall lie …
Thomas Doolittle · Love to Christ · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sell among al mē, partly because they so proudly with al their force inuey ageinstagainst such mē as contemne & despise these and suche lyke their predictiōs. Yea som are …
With rule
… sell among al mē, partly because they so proudly with al their force inuey ageinstagainst such mē as contemne & despise these and suche lyke their predictiōs. Yea som are …
William Fulke · Anti-Prognostication · Open in the reader
Printed
… by Luther and here now ye ſaye, they are ageynſt prayer. Of prayer ād ageinſtagainst prayer is not all one, by anye godlye mannys iudgement. But fyrſt lete vs …
With rule
… by Luther and here now ye ſaye, they are ageynſt prayer. Of prayer ād ageinſtagainst prayer is not all one, by anye godlye mannys iudgement. But fyrſt lete vs …
John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader
Printed
… called Hebrewes, wherin the néerenesse of the names deceiued him. Melon in his bookes ageinstagainst the Iewes, wrate that Abraham had two wiues: and that by the one of …
With rule
… called Hebrewes, wherin the néerenesse of the names deceiued him. Melon in his bookes ageinstagainst the Iewes, wrate that Abraham had two wiues: and that by the one of …
Philippe de Mornay · Concerning the Truth of Christian Religion · p. 462 · Open in the reader
Printed
Obteyne, ageinstagainst this sodein death to stand.
With rule
Obteyne, ageinstagainst this sodein death to stand.
Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… kingdome, ageinſtagainst his death & ſacrifice, & ſo ageinſtagainst our redempcion, ageinſtagainst his worſhippe & true ſeruice, ageinſtagainst faith, ageinſtagainst praier, repētaunce, & y^e miniſteri of gods word, ageinſtagainst his ordinaūce inſtituciō cōmaūdemēt …
With rule
… kingdome, ageinſtagainst his death & ſacrifice, & ſo ageinſtagainst our redempcion, ageinſtagainst his worſhippe & true ſeruice, ageinſtagainst faith, ageinſtagainst praier, repētaunce, & y^e miniſteri of gods word, ageinſtagainst his ordinaūce inſtituciō cōmaūdemēt …
John Bradford · The Hurt of Hearing Mass · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice A10192

Printed
AgeinstAgainst you in mine owne defence to stand.
With rule
AgeinstAgainst you in mine owne defence to stand.
Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · p. 38 · Open in the reader
Printed
AgeinstAgainst you. I am Isaac, none other
With rule
AgeinstAgainst you. I am Isaac, none other
Theodore Beza · A Tragedy of Abrahams Sacrifice · p. 38 · Open in the reader