Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6485 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dispelldispel

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 257 times in 201 works
Consistency: 96.6% (257 of 266)
Reach if approved: ~279 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dispel
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 266 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (257 changes in 201 works, 96.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 257)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Heauen; yet the righteous mans forwardnesse, zeale and liuing of another fashion, if ingenuousnesse dispelldispel the mist of preiudice, clearely remonstrates to their owne consciences, and proclaimes aloud to …
With rule
… Heauen; yet the righteous mans forwardnesse, zeale and liuing of another fashion, if ingenuousnesse dispelldispel the mist of preiudice, clearely remonstrates to their owne consciences, and proclaimes aloud to …
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the rebellion of that part of him that is unregenerate; and yet God can dispelldispel all these clouds, and in the very dunghill of his unbeliefe and sinfulnesse, can …
With rule
… the rebellion of that part of him that is unregenerate; and yet God can dispelldispel all these clouds, and in the very dunghill of his unbeliefe and sinfulnesse, can …
Nicholas Byfield · A Commentary on 1 Peter 1-3 · p. 283 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the inward vertue of their spirituall graces receiued from God, which as singular preseruatiues dispelldispel the poison of afflictions; and so alter their nature through that right vse which …
With rule
… the inward vertue of their spirituall graces receiued from God, which as singular preseruatiues dispelldispel the poison of afflictions; and so alter their nature through that right vse which …
John Downame · Consolations for the Afflicted · p. 380 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a day of cancelling, but they breake it: as if their last breath could dispelldispel and scatter them all into ayre. But alas, sinnes then are found heauiest of …
With rule
… a day of cancelling, but they breake it: as if their last breath could dispelldispel and scatter them all into ayre. But alas, sinnes then are found heauiest of …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 43 · Open in the reader
Printed
… daily experience: ſo the Sunne of righteouſneſſe getting vp in our ſoules, doth ſo diſpelldispel the darkeneſſe of them, that ſtill there is much left in them, by his …
With rule
… daily experience: ſo the Sunne of righteouſneſſe getting vp in our ſoules, doth ſo diſpelldispel the darkeneſſe of them, that ſtill there is much left in them, by his …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 280 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are heere, when as the holy Ghoſt dooth by the preaching of the worde, diſpelldispel the darcknes of our minde, and indue the ſame with the true knowledge of …
With rule
… are heere, when as the holy Ghoſt dooth by the preaching of the worde, diſpelldispel the darcknes of our minde, and indue the ſame with the true knowledge of …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it; for vvhy ſhould vve bee deſolate. The beſt and the gentleſt vvay to diſpelldispel darkenes, is, to let in the light; vvee ſay that day breakes, but no …
With rule
… it; for vvhy ſhould vve bee deſolate. The beſt and the gentleſt vvay to diſpelldispel darkenes, is, to let in the light; vvee ſay that day breakes, but no …
Benjamin Rudyerd · Speech in Behalf of the Clergy 2 · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… spirit? had not the braine neede to bee of a strong constitution, that must dispelldispel and disperse the fumes ascending from a corrupt liuer, stomacke, or spleene? I meane …
With rule
… spirit? had not the braine neede to bee of a strong constitution, that must dispelldispel and disperse the fumes ascending from a corrupt liuer, stomacke, or spleene? I meane …
Samuel Ward · Jethros Justice of Peace · p. 24 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (9)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 8 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Counterpoison A67746

Printed
… our faith, our reason, our wils, our selves, to thy blessed word and will. DispellDispel the thick mists and clouds of our sinnes, which corrupt our soules, and darken …
With rule
… our faith, our reason, our wils, our selves, to thy blessed word and will. DispellDispel the thick mists and clouds of our sinnes, which corrupt our soules, and darken …
Richard Younge · A Counterpoison · p. 379 · Open in the reader