Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6408 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

medlingmeddling

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 1,394 times in 833 works
Consistency: 99.0% (1,394 of 1,407)
Reach if approved: ~1,478 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: meddling
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,407 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,394 changes in 833 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,394)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… loyaltie they feared: whoſe wealth the fingers of many inſatiable cormorants, itched to be medlingmeddling with: intending no doubt all mercileſſe rapine, diſhonour, and villanies, not to be named …
With rule
… loyaltie they feared: whoſe wealth the fingers of many inſatiable cormorants, itched to be medlingmeddling with: intending no doubt all mercileſſe rapine, diſhonour, and villanies, not to be named …
William Hubbock · Great Britains Resurrection · Open in the reader
Printed
… Miniſters. 3 They challenge ſole juriſdiction to themſelues and their officers, debarring all others from medlingmeddling.
With rule
… Miniſters. 3 They challenge ſole juriſdiction to themſelues and their officers, debarring all others from medlingmeddling.
Randal Bate · Certain Observations · p. 54 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doe: for hereby ofttimes convention ariſeth, and he that is thus ouer-buſie and medlingmeddling, ſmarteth for his labour.
With rule
… doe: for hereby ofttimes convention ariſeth, and he that is thus ouer-buſie and medlingmeddling, ſmarteth for his labour.
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lay our hands vpon our mouthes, and ſtop the courſe of our lips, leſt, medlingmeddling with ſuch ſecrets, we falter in our ſpeeches before the LORD.
With rule
… lay our hands vpon our mouthes, and ſtop the courſe of our lips, leſt, medlingmeddling with ſuch ſecrets, we falter in our ſpeeches before the LORD.
Sebastian Benefield · The Sin Against the Holy Ghost · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… content to part with all he hath to the Physicians, and is wary of medlingmeddling with any meate that will hurt him and increase it; if he know this …
With rule
… content to part with all he hath to the Physicians, and is wary of medlingmeddling with any meate that will hurt him and increase it; if he know this …
John Preston · The Golden Scepter Held Forth to the Humble · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
… him. So did Cyprian in diuerse Epistles expostulate with the bishops of Rome, for medlingmeddling with causes that pertained to his iurisdiction. So did all the bishops of Aphrica …
With rule
… him. So did Cyprian in diuerse Epistles expostulate with the bishops of Rome, for medlingmeddling with causes that pertained to his iurisdiction. So did all the bishops of Aphrica …
William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… As he vndertaketh a deſperate worke, ſuch ſhall his reward be. It is euill medlingmeddling with edge tooles, and heauy ſtones, and trees are not for children to deale …
With rule
… As he vndertaketh a deſperate worke, ſuch ſhall his reward be. It is euill medlingmeddling with edge tooles, and heauy ſtones, and trees are not for children to deale …
Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 260 · Open in the reader
Printed
… will not haue them meddle, yet the men of Berrhea are much commended for medlingmeddling thus in Religion, in that hauing heard the Apostle they searched the Scriptures daily …
With rule
… will not haue them meddle, yet the men of Berrhea are much commended for medlingmeddling thus in Religion, in that hauing heard the Apostle they searched the Scriptures daily …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 52 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (13)

4 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 9 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Romans 8-11 A09031

Printed
3. MedlingMeddling with things aboue our vnderſtanding or meaſure, notes pride alſo: many preſently vpon their …
With rule
3. MedlingMeddling with things aboue our vnderſtanding or meaſure, notes pride alſo: many preſently vpon their …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 79 · Open in the reader

Of Divorce for Adultery A17240

Printed
MedlingMeddling, see collections,
With rule
MedlingMeddling, see collections,
Edmund Bunny · Of Divorce for Adultery · Open in the reader

The True Non-Conformist A51082

Printed
Ministers cleared from that charge of MedlingMeddling in State or Publick affairs. 39
With rule
Ministers cleared from that charge of MedlingMeddling in State or Publick affairs. 39
Robert McWard · The True Non-Conformist · Open in the reader
Printed
… then the Lords free Grace & gifts do make it: and passing your accusation of MedlingMeddling, which I have already answered: As to Spirituality of converse, it is indeed a …
With rule
… then the Lords free Grace & gifts do make it: and passing your accusation of MedlingMeddling, which I have already answered: As to Spirituality of converse, it is indeed a …
Robert McWard · The True Non-Conformist · p. 66 · Open in the reader