Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6392 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

expellexpel

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 1,127 times in 609 works
Consistency: 98.0% (1,127 of 1,149)
Reach if approved: ~1,207 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: expel
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,149 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,127 changes in 609 works, 98.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,127)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… offer leaſt occaſion too call vs backe from prayer / and alſo that we ſhoulde expellexpel forthe of our myndes in tyme of oure prayer all vayne cogitacions / for otherwyſe …
With rule
… offer leaſt occaſion too call vs backe from prayer / and alſo that we ſhoulde expellexpel forthe of our myndes in tyme of oure prayer all vayne cogitacions / for otherwyſe …
John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · p. xv · Open in the reader
Printed
8 Conceiving prayers, would expellexpel our Idoll Miniſters, and ſtir up men with more affection and preparation to come …
With rule
8 Conceiving prayers, would expellexpel our Idoll Miniſters, and ſtir up men with more affection and preparation to come …
Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 276 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnstored of those heauenly rec…ites, vvhich may ease your griefes, cure your wounds, expellexpel your sicknesses, preserue your healths, and keepe you safe to the comming of Iesus …
With rule
… vnstored of those heauenly rec…ites, vvhich may ease your griefes, cure your wounds, expellexpel your sicknesses, preserue your healths, and keepe you safe to the comming of Iesus …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 340 · Open in the reader
Printed
… starres losing there light, so y^t there appeareth no sparcke of the lighte to expellexpel and driue away the darckenes. And to be short, a most thicke cloud of …
With rule
… starres losing there light, so y^t there appeareth no sparcke of the lighte to expellexpel and driue away the darckenes. And to be short, a most thicke cloud of …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of him to giue place to a stronger: For the stronger deuill would neuer expellexpel the weaker, vnlesse it were to enter there himselfe. To let this passe, it …
With rule
… of him to giue place to a stronger: For the stronger deuill would neuer expellexpel the weaker, vnlesse it were to enter there himselfe. To let this passe, it …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… I meane of the common hypocriticall Proteſtants, which giue entertainment to the word, but expellexpel not their beloued company, or gueſt, their head perſonall ſinne, with the branches and …
With rule
… I meane of the common hypocriticall Proteſtants, which giue entertainment to the word, but expellexpel not their beloued company, or gueſt, their head perſonall ſinne, with the branches and …
Thomas Granger · Pauls Crown of Rejoicing · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he) and it be strenthy and of virtew, ones being vsed and applyed, shall expellexpel the sickenes, and is no more to be vsed, otherwayes it shall declaire the …
With rule
… he) and it be strenthy and of virtew, ones being vsed and applyed, shall expellexpel the sickenes, and is no more to be vsed, otherwayes it shall declaire the …
George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · Open in the reader
Printed
… when he is diſpoſed) with preſent death: and ſhould not this conſtraine vs to expellexpel ſinne and iniquity, euery priuate perſon out of himſelfe, and euery faithfull publick perſon …
With rule
… when he is diſpoſed) with preſent death: and ſhould not this conſtraine vs to expellexpel ſinne and iniquity, euery priuate perſon out of himſelfe, and euery faithfull publick perſon …
Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 47 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

16 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A05537

Printed
ExpellExpel the cauſe, than the effect belyue
With rule
ExpellExpel the cauſe, than the effect belyue
David Lindsay · Works · Open in the reader

A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier A05548

Printed
ExpellExpel the cause, than the effect belyue
With rule
ExpellExpel the cause, than the effect belyue
David Lindsay · A Dialogue Betwixt Experience and a Courtier · Open in the reader

The English Catechism Explained A07350

Printed
… crooked generation, and fruitfull in all good works, to the glory of thy Name. ExpellExpel and driue out of vs whatſoeuer is an enemy to thy ſauing graces, blindneſſe …
With rule
… crooked generation, and fruitfull in all good works, to the glory of thy Name. ExpellExpel and driue out of vs whatſoeuer is an enemy to thy ſauing graces, blindneſſe …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 566 · Open in the reader

A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs A16106

Printed
ExpellExpel my Ignorance
With rule
ExpellExpel my Ignorance
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
ExpellExpel my wickitnes.
With rule
ExpellExpel my wickitnes.
John Wedderburn · A Compendious Bulk of Godly Psalms and Spiritual Songs · p. 109 · Open in the reader

Fruitful Lessons Upon the Passion Burial Resurrection Ascension A19468

Printed
… we may feruently receiue and keepe thee, and with a right ſpirit worſhip thee. ExpellExpel all hardnes and vngentlenes out of our hearts: make vs louing and mercifull vnto …
With rule
… we may feruently receiue and keepe thee, and with a right ſpirit worſhip thee. ExpellExpel all hardnes and vngentlenes out of our hearts: make vs louing and mercifull vnto …
Miles Coverdale · Fruitful Lessons Upon the Passion Burial Resurrection Ascension · Open in the reader
Printed
… nor honour, but the profit of our neighbours, and thy glorie in all thinges. ExpellExpel out of vs all diſdaine, greedines, vngentlenes, headines, and flattering of our ſelues. Preſerue …
With rule
… nor honour, but the profit of our neighbours, and thy glorie in all thinges. ExpellExpel out of vs all diſdaine, greedines, vngentlenes, headines, and flattering of our ſelues. Preſerue …
Miles Coverdale · Fruitful Lessons Upon the Passion Burial Resurrection Ascension · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing which thou haſt begun in vs, we may ſteadfaſtly continue to the end. ExpellExpel out of vs the feare of death, & ſtabliſh vs thorow thy holy ſpirite, that …
With rule
… thing which thou haſt begun in vs, we may ſteadfaſtly continue to the end. ExpellExpel out of vs the feare of death, & ſtabliſh vs thorow thy holy ſpirite, that …
Miles Coverdale · Fruitful Lessons Upon the Passion Burial Resurrection Ascension · Open in the reader

The Doctrine of Free Grace No Doctrine of Licentiousness A29090

Printed
… enough; ſomething, that was above and beyond what was ſufficient, to Antidote and to ExpellExpel the Contagion of Adams ſinne: Juſt as if a Man ſhould let in a …
With rule
… enough; ſomething, that was above and beyond what was ſufficient, to Antidote and to ExpellExpel the Contagion of Adams ſinne: Juſt as if a Man ſhould let in a …
Edward Bagshaw · The Doctrine of Free Grace No Doctrine of Licentiousness · p. 5 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… by the councell of wicked persons overmuch disordered: and be an effectuall Coadjutor TO EXPELLEXPEL THE REBELLS, and disturbers of the same. And this Oath I will inviolaby observe …
With rule
… by the councell of wicked persons overmuch disordered: and be an effectuall Coadjutor TO EXPELLEXPEL THE REBELLS, and disturbers of the same. And this Oath I will inviolaby observe …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 32 · Open in the reader

The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass A66068

Printed
… muſt Up, or Down, now in England. And if with you all England would ExpellExpel this Vanity (as I pray they may do Popery) it would be a Thouſand …
With rule
… muſt Up, or Down, now in England. And if with you all England would ExpellExpel this Vanity (as I pray they may do Popery) it would be a Thouſand …
Joseph Waite · The Parents Primer and the Mothers Looking-glass · p. 84 · Open in the reader

Rocks Improved A70872

Printed
ExpellExpel them thence. O then let no Sinnes lye
With rule
ExpellExpel them thence. O then let no Sinnes lye
William Prynne · Rocks Improved · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The Order of Excommunication and Public Repentance A72495

Printed
… Maiestie be the vertew of thy holie spirite, that thow wilt mollefie the same. ExpellExpel … darknes and by the lyght of thy grace that know wilt so illuminat him …
With rule
… Maiestie be the vertew of thy holie spirite, that thow wilt mollefie the same. ExpellExpel … darknes and by the lyght of thy grace that know wilt so illuminat him …
John Knox · The Order of Excommunication and Public Repentance · Open in the reader

A Satire of the Three Estates A72573

Printed
ExpellExpel oppreſſioun aff ȝour lands.
With rule
ExpellExpel oppreſſioun aff ȝour lands.
David Lindsay · A Satire of the Three Estates · p. 94 · Open in the reader

Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature A91224

Printed
ExpellExpel them thence. O then let no Sinnes lye
With rule
ExpellExpel them thence. O then let no Sinnes lye
William Prynne · Divine Meditations Raised from Three Leaves of Nature · p. 21 · Open in the reader

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 A91298

Printed
… the councell of wicked perſons overmuch diſordered: and be an effectuall Co…djutor TO EXPELLEXPEL THE REBELLS, and diſturbers of the ſame. And this Oath I will inviolaby obſerve …
With rule
… the councell of wicked perſons overmuch diſordered: and be an effectuall Co…djutor TO EXPELLEXPEL THE REBELLS, and diſturbers of the ſame. And this Oath I will inviolaby obſerve …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms Part 3 · p. 32 · Open in the reader