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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6529 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

borowedborrowed

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
302 times in 132 works
Consistency
99.6% (302 of 303)
Reach if approved
~318 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: borrowed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
303 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (302 changes in 132 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 302)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … exāple of the corrupt maner of Almes-giuing, proceeding frō pride of heart & ambition, borowedborrowed frō the practise of the Scribes & Pharisies; & withal he annexeth in the ende of …
    With rule
    … exāple of the corrupt maner of Almes-giuing, proceeding frō pride of heart & ambition, borowedborrowed frō the practise of the Scribes & Pharisies; & withal he annexeth in the ende of …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 221 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … how naked hee were without them, and while hee hath them, they are but borowedborrowed, he himſelfe is naked and deſtitute. Neuer was an humble man a boaſter: except …
    With rule
    … how naked hee were without them, and while hee hath them, they are but borowedborrowed, he himſelfe is naked and deſtitute. Neuer was an humble man a boaſter: except …

    Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 477 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … God? You knowe M. Fecknā which are learned in tongues, that this phrase is borowedborrowed of ye Hebrewe tongue, biphne Iehouah, and that is so to walk in ye …
    With rule
    … God? You knowe M. Fecknā which are learned in tongues, that this phrase is borowedborrowed of ye Hebrewe tongue, biphne Iehouah, and that is so to walk in ye …

    Laurence Tomson · Answer to Assertions of Fecknam · p. 36 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … whiche hanged naked vpon the Crosse that he might bewtifully cloth vs. And they borowedborrowed there white colour, (which is as we sayd before a token of dignitie and …
    With rule
    … whiche hanged naked vpon the Crosse that he might bewtifully cloth vs. And they borowedborrowed there white colour, (which is as we sayd before a token of dignitie and …

    William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … he put out an others eyes whyche had bene hys godfather. Of some he borowedborrowed an hande, of some a tunge, a fynger, a nose, an eare. In hys …
    With rule
    … he put out an others eyes whyche had bene hys godfather. Of some he borowedborrowed an hande, of some a tunge, a fynger, a nose, an eare. In hys …

    John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … it, ſo henceforth wyll we adde nought to it, but his owne, leaſt with borowedborrowed plumes, it ſeeme to it ſelfe.What other then, ſhal we terme auncient bloud …
    With rule
    … it, ſo henceforth wyll we adde nought to it, but his owne, leaſt with borowedborrowed plumes, it ſeeme to it ſelfe.What other then, ſhal we terme auncient bloud …

    Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and extol maruaylous excellently with goodly, ſwete, fayre, & pure wordes, yee & that with lykeneſſes, borowedborrowed out of the Gods ſeruice of the olde Teſtament.
    With rule
    … and extol maruaylous excellently with goodly, ſwete, fayre, & pure wordes, yee & that with lykeneſſes, borowedborrowed out of the Gods ſeruice of the olde Teſtament.

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Psalm 22 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … which for that cauſe are ſpecially iniurious towards vs, that where many thinges are borowedborrowed by them out of our bookes wt wee haue corrected, & they deck themſelues with …
    With rule
    … which for that cauſe are ſpecially iniurious towards vs, that where many thinges are borowedborrowed by them out of our bookes wt wee haue corrected, & they deck themſelues with …

    Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · p. 59 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 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.

Whole Works A68831

  • Printed
    BorowedBorrowed ſpech. 397. a
    With rule
    BorowedBorrowed ſpech. 397. a

    William Tyndale · Whole Works · Open in the reader