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Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6555 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dismalldismal

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it
594 times in 350 works
Consistency
99.5% (594 of 597)
Reach if approved
~627 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: dismal
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
597 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (594 changes in 350 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 594)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … the learned Papists also of later time, for the blacke and gloomie, darke and dismalldismal dayes of the Church vnder the last and greatest persecution by Antichrist. But Saint …
    With rule
    … the learned Papists also of later time, for the blacke and gloomie, darke and dismalldismal dayes of the Church vnder the last and greatest persecution by Antichrist. But Saint …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … may) they come downe with a witnesse, they fall heavie; their downfall is very dismalldismal and dreadfull. We have an example of it in Haman: I cannot stand to …
    With rule
    … may) they come downe with a witnesse, they fall heavie; their downfall is very dismalldismal and dreadfull. We have an example of it in Haman: I cannot stand to …

    Thomas Gataker · The Decrease of Lazarus · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … a King haue a beautifull pallace for the beſt ſort of men, and a diſmalldismal priſon for the rebellious: So the King of kings hath a glorious pallace wherein …
    With rule
    … a King haue a beautifull pallace for the beſt ſort of men, and a diſmalldismal priſon for the rebellious: So the King of kings hath a glorious pallace wherein …

    Henry Greenwood · Tormenting Tophet · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … a little, bleſſed are all they that put their truſt in him. How unhappy diſmalldismal, dangerous at leaſt and fearefull is the caſe and condition of ſuch, as under …
    With rule
    … a little, bleſſed are all they that put their truſt in him. How unhappy diſmalldismal, dangerous at leaſt and fearefull is the caſe and condition of ſuch, as under …

    Robert Jenison · Newcastles Call to Her Neighbor and Sister Towns · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … heart can a condemned wretch haue to be merrie, that tarries but for the diſmalldismal houre, wherein he is to bee made a ruefull example So if vnbeleeuers knew …
    With rule
    … heart can a condemned wretch haue to be merrie, that tarries but for the diſmalldismal houre, wherein he is to bee made a ruefull example So if vnbeleeuers knew …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 124 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of this matter: wherewith enraged against Harpagus, who ought himselfe to haue done that dismalldismal execution, but dissembling the same, he told him that he would doe sacrifice for …
    With rule
    … of this matter: wherewith enraged against Harpagus, who ought himselfe to haue done that dismalldismal execution, but dissembling the same, he told him that he would doe sacrifice for …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 294 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … with Muſick, and all expreſsions of jollity, but it goes off uſually in a diſmalldismal, and a ſad cataſtrophe; ſo is the life of a Beleever to a Comedie …
    With rule
    … with Muſick, and all expreſsions of jollity, but it goes off uſually in a diſmalldismal, and a ſad cataſtrophe; ſo is the life of a Beleever to a Comedie …

    William Sclater · The Worthy Communicant Rewarded · p. 69 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … temptations he would haue oppressed him withal: one could not finish his tale of dismalldismal tydings, till another came and ouertooke him; euen as one waue in the sea …
    With rule
    … temptations he would haue oppressed him withal: one could not finish his tale of dismalldismal tydings, till another came and ouertooke him; euen as one waue in the sea …

    Thomas Taylor · Christs Combat and Conquest · p. 278 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Collection of Sermons Upon Jonah A40656

  • Printed
    … dead and buried, and in their room ariſeth another Generation, which never knew Joſeph. DiſmallDismal Thoughts, deſperate Words, damnable Deeds, one would feare he would ſuddenly fall into the …
    With rule
    … dead and buried, and in their room ariſeth another Generation, which never knew Joſeph. DiſmallDismal Thoughts, deſperate Words, damnable Deeds, one would feare he would ſuddenly fall into the …

    Thomas Fuller · A Collection of Sermons Upon Jonah · p. 1 · Open in the reader