Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6560 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

foretelforetell

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 636 times in 305 works
Consistency: 98.4% (636 of 646)
Reach if approved: ~680 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: foretell
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 647 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (636 changes in 305 works, 98.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 636)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… bridle to their curioſitie many light headed felowes hauing giuē thēſelfes wholy to diuine & foretelforetell things by the ſtars they do thruſt them ſelues yet further in to all …
With rule
… bridle to their curioſitie many light headed felowes hauing giuē thēſelfes wholy to diuine & foretelforetell things by the ſtars they do thruſt them ſelues yet further in to all …
John Calvin · An Admonition Against Astrology · Open in the reader
Printed
… shold be forsaken of all. And as touching S…bylla, she did not only foretelforetell that the name of Christ should cōtaine the nūber 888. as indeed the name foreign, Iesus …
With rule
… shold be forsaken of all. And as touching S…bylla, she did not only foretelforetell that the name of Christ should cōtaine the nūber 888. as indeed the name foreign, Iesus …
George Downame · A Treatise Concerning Antichrist · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he was born, the Prophets ſing, the Sybils propheſie, the Patriarchs typiſie, the Types foretelforetell, God promiſeth, and the Son of God performeth; when he was born, Angels run …
With rule
… he was born, the Prophets ſing, the Sybils propheſie, the Patriarchs typiſie, the Types foretelforetell, God promiſeth, and the Son of God performeth; when he was born, Angels run …
Isaac Ambrose · Looking Unto Jesus · p. 133 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then it will follow, that if a man should laugh in your face, and foretelforetell you that he will come and make a profession in scorn of Christ, or …
With rule
… then it will follow, that if a man should laugh in your face, and foretelforetell you that he will come and make a profession in scorn of Christ, or …
Richard Baxter · Right to Sacraments · p. 277 · Open in the reader
Printed
43. Roger Le Strange traduced me in his Obſervations moſt bitterly and cauſleſly (to foretelforetell me what was purpoſed againſt me:) Even my Book of Patience▪ and my Paraphraſe …
With rule
43. Roger Le Strange traduced me in his Obſervations moſt bitterly and cauſleſly (to foretelforetell me what was purpoſed againſt me:) Even my Book of Patience▪ and my Paraphraſe …
Richard Baxter · Penitent Confession and Vindication in Answer to a Book · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are neither unlawful, nor needleſs, becauſe there were none then. The Prophets not only foretelforetell that Nations ſhall come in to Chriſt and ſerve him, but that all Nations …
With rule
… are neither unlawful, nor needleſs, becauſe there were none then. The Prophets not only foretelforetell that Nations ſhall come in to Chriſt and ſerve him, but that all Nations …
Richard Baxter · Whether Parish Congregations be True Christian Churches · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… reproued. The deuils themſelues, who paſſe all men in ſuch knowledge, cannot certainely thus foretelforetell, muchleſſe Aſtrologers, & cunning-mē, as they are called. And ſo vnderſtood y^e Fathers & profeſſed …
With rule
… reproued. The deuils themſelues, who paſſe all men in ſuch knowledge, cannot certainely thus foretelforetell, muchleſſe Aſtrologers, & cunning-mē, as they are called. And ſo vnderſtood y^e Fathers & profeſſed …
Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 90 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the end preſent and yeelde himſelfe perſonally vnto her. Wherein Salomon doth prophetically foretelforetell the manifeſtation of the ſonne of God in fleſh, and his real conuerſing among …
With rule
… in the end preſent and yeelde himſelfe perſonally vnto her. Wherein Salomon doth prophetically foretelforetell the manifeſtation of the ſonne of God in fleſh, and his real conuerſing among …
Theodore Beza · Sermons on Three Chapters of Song of Songs · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (10)

2 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.

Annotations Upon Isaiah A46816

Printed
… as I have done? See the Note, Chap. 41.4. and ſhall declare it, that is, ForetelForetell ſuch things before they come to paſs, as I have done to my people …
With rule
… as I have done? See the Note, Chap. 41.4. and ſhall declare it, that is, ForetelForetell ſuch things before they come to paſs, as I have done to my people …
Arthur Jackson · Annotations Upon Isaiah · p. 410 · Open in the reader

Distressed Zion Relieved A47473

Printed
ForetelForetell some things time since hath brought bo…
With rule
ForetelForetell some things time since hath brought bo…
Benjamin Keach · Distressed Zion Relieved · p. 2 · Open in the reader