Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6527 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

behovedbehooved

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 1,236 times in 379 works
Consistency: 99.6% (1,236 of 1,240)
Reach if approved: ~1,303 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: behooved
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,240 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,236 changes in 379 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,236)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… by such a commix…ure of gentlenesse & goodnesse, in requiring nothing but what man behovedbehooved to call reasonable and due; and in promising so much as no crea…ure …
With rule
… by such a commix…ure of gentlenesse & goodnesse, in requiring nothing but what man behovedbehooved to call reasonable and due; and in promising so much as no crea…ure …
Hugh Binning · The Common Principles of the Christian Religion · p. 236 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with the Council; and told, That they could not obey these Instructions; and therefore behovedbehooved to be excused from receiving of them. But I confess, when that great matter …
With rule
… with the Council; and told, That they could not obey these Instructions; and therefore behovedbehooved to be excused from receiving of them. But I confess, when that great matter …
John Brown · The History of the Indulgence · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this behalfe they knew well enough. Which knowen practiſe of the Apoſtles, it heere behovedbehooved Timothie & Titus to have regard vnto, togeather with theſe precepts written to them. For …
With rule
… this behalfe they knew well enough. Which knowen practiſe of the Apoſtles, it heere behovedbehooved Timothie & Titus to have regard vnto, togeather with theſe precepts written to them. For …
Henry Jacob · Attestation of Many Learned Godly and Famous Divines · p. 245 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from the middest of thee, of thy brethren, Deut. 18. 15. And, in all things it behovedbehooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that be might bee a mercifull …
With rule
… from the middest of thee, of thy brethren, Deut. 18. 15. And, in all things it behovedbehooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that be might bee a mercifull …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 67 · Open in the reader
Printed
… see why it is called interest: because one may say intersuit meâ habuisse: It behovedbehooved me, It stood me upon to have had it: And now by your default …
With rule
… see why it is called interest: because one may say intersuit meâ habuisse: It behovedbehooved me, It stood me upon to have had it: And now by your default …
Robert Bolton · Discourse Concerning Usury · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to bee celebrate that night, seeing Christs suffering was so neer at hand. They behovedbehooved to eat the paschall lamb in a chamber in Ierusalem, and consequently the supper …
With rule
… to bee celebrate that night, seeing Christs suffering was so neer at hand. They behovedbehooved to eat the paschall lamb in a chamber in Ierusalem, and consequently the supper …
David Calderwood · The Reexamination of Two of the Articles Abridged · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… brief, if Death had been natural to man in the state of Innocency, it behovedbehooved to have been because of these following reasons.
With rule
… brief, if Death had been natural to man in the state of Innocency, it behovedbehooved to have been because of these following reasons.
Richard Allestree · The Period of Human Life · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
… muſt preach and exhort and pray our laſt with you! we knew that it behovedbehooved us to work while it was day, (and O that we had done it …
With rule
… muſt preach and exhort and pray our laſt with you! we knew that it behovedbehooved us to work while it was day, (and O that we had done it …
Richard Baxter · Farewell Sermon · p. 1 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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.

The Life of Justification Opened A29752

Printed
… Faithfull High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the people. BehovedBehooved Christ to be a Merciful & Faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, only …
With rule
… Faithfull High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the people. BehovedBehooved Christ to be a Merciful & Faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, only …
John Brown · The Life of Justification Opened · p. 533 · Open in the reader

Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism A29753

Printed
… in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sinnes of the people. BehovedBehooved Christ to be a Merciful and Faithful High prist in things pertaining to God …
With rule
… in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sinnes of the people. BehovedBehooved Christ to be a Merciful and Faithful High prist in things pertaining to God …
John Brown · Quakerism the Path-Way to Paganism · p. 165 · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes A52356

Printed
… reference to others, as the three words here uſed, Wiſdom, Knowledge, and Equity ſignify, BehovedBehooved to leave all their Purchaſe to one who never took pain…, either for attaining …
With rule
… reference to others, as the three words here uſed, Wiſdom, Knowledge, and Equity ſignify, BehovedBehooved to leave all their Purchaſe to one who never took pain…, either for attaining …
Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 106 · Open in the reader

Crosses Comforts Counsels Needful to be Considered B01750

Printed
… paſſe through fire and water; the Lord ſaid to his two diſſciples, O fooles! BehovedBehooved it not Chriſt to ſuffer all theſe things, and ſo to enter into his …
With rule
… paſſe through fire and water; the Lord ſaid to his two diſſciples, O fooles! BehovedBehooved it not Chriſt to ſuffer all theſe things, and ſo to enter into his …
Zacharie Boyd · Crosses Comforts Counsels Needful to be Considered · p. 51 · Open in the reader