Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6492 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

repellrepel

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 722 times in 409 works
Consistency: 99.5% (722 of 725)
Reach if approved: ~762 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: repel
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 725 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (722 changes in 409 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 722)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… baptisme at all) our Church doth neither rebaptize any, nor yet in that regard, repellrepel them frō the supper: whom thē I pray you doth M. Some more crosse …
With rule
… baptisme at all) our Church doth neither rebaptize any, nor yet in that regard, repellrepel them frō the supper: whom thē I pray you doth M. Some more crosse …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 62 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a man is bound to preſerue his owne life by all lawfull meanes, & to repellrepel death, and ſuch euils as are hurtfull to his health, eaſe, peace, life, and …
With rule
… a man is bound to preſerue his owne life by all lawfull meanes, & to repellrepel death, and ſuch euils as are hurtfull to his health, eaſe, peace, life, and …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 207 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to helpe them forward in the way towards their converſion, till they reject and repellrepel this initiall grace thus begun in them: for then hee ſhould deſert and leave …
With rule
… to helpe them forward in the way towards their converſion, till they reject and repellrepel this initiall grace thus begun in them: for then hee ſhould deſert and leave …
Richard Maden · Christs Love and Affection Towards Jerusalem · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a man to climbe them, and leape ouer them too, ſo it be to repellrepel the enimie: This now is our caſe. For if we breake the lawes letter …
With rule
… a man to climbe them, and leape ouer them too, ſo it be to repellrepel the enimie: This now is our caſe. For if we breake the lawes letter …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… an Item, here is the patience of the Saints. We therefore must labour to repellrepel all malice and rancour when we suffer vniustly, remembring this rule of Christ, that …
With rule
… an Item, here is the patience of the Saints. We therefore must labour to repellrepel all malice and rancour when we suffer vniustly, remembring this rule of Christ, that …
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 185 · Open in the reader
Printed
… dishonest things, to s…e pernicious things? But the Lord assisting we may strongly repellrepel these things out of our hearts, if we compare one thing with another. There …
With rule
… dishonest things, to s…e pernicious things? But the Lord assisting we may strongly repellrepel these things out of our hearts, if we compare one thing with another. There …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 329 · Open in the reader
Printed
… great number of his owne framing, which are so farre vnfite or vnable to repellrepel the violence of his fyerie dartes, that of themselues they giue deadly woundes vnto …
With rule
… great number of his owne framing, which are so farre vnfite or vnable to repellrepel the violence of his fyerie dartes, that of themselues they giue deadly woundes vnto …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… a Prayer called Manus Chriſtiani: a comfortable Confection out of the former Treatiſe to repellrepel the Infection of all kinde of Affliction.
With rule
… a Prayer called Manus Chriſtiani: a comfortable Confection out of the former Treatiſe to repellrepel the Infection of all kinde of Affliction.
William Gilbert · The Art of Building Comfort · p. 46 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 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.

The Devils Banket Described A00888

Printed
… The destitute Brittaines thus mourned to their conquering Romanes. Aetio ter Consul… gemitus Britannorum. RepellRepel…nt nos Barbari ad mare: Repellit nos mare ad Barbaros. Hinc oriuntur duo funerum …
With rule
… The destitute Brittaines thus mourned to their conquering Romanes. Aetio ter Consul… gemitus Britannorum. RepellRepel…nt nos Barbari ad mare: Repellit nos mare ad Barbaros. Hinc oriuntur duo funerum …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 249 · Open in the reader

Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God A16338

Printed
2. For the second, 1. RepellRepel with an vndaunted spirit, and resolute contempt, Satans blasphemous iniections, if he be busie …
With rule
2. For the second, 1. RepellRepel with an vndaunted spirit, and resolute contempt, Satans blasphemous iniections, if he be busie …
Robert Bolton · Directions for a Comfortable Walking with God · p. 68 · Open in the reader