Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6571 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wittwit

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 916 times in 223 works
Consistency: 95.9% (916 of 955)
Reach if approved: ~1,003 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wit
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 955 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (916 changes in 223 works, 95.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 916)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… condemned by Scriptire; and that you had considered that if playes savouring of some wittwit learning, and iudgement, ought not to be compared to such things as I mentioned …
With rule
… condemned by Scriptire; and that you had considered that if playes savouring of some wittwit learning, and iudgement, ought not to be compared to such things as I mentioned …
John Rainolds · The Overthrow of Stage Plays · p. 128 · Open in the reader
Printed
8. A translation being the worke of a mans wittwit & learning is aſmuch & as truly an humane writing as the Apocrypha (ſo commonly called …
With rule
8. A translation being the worke of a mans wittwit & learning is aſmuch & as truly an humane writing as the Apocrypha (ſo commonly called …
John Smyth · The Differences of the Churches of the Separation · p. 12 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wordes of the Declaration are ſo cleare and playne, as no man of ſound wittwit or perfect ſenſe can gather that it attributeth to hir Maieſtie, any thing eyther …
With rule
… wordes of the Declaration are ſo cleare and playne, as no man of ſound wittwit or perfect ſenſe can gather that it attributeth to hir Maieſtie, any thing eyther …
Walter Travers · Defense of the Ecclesiastical Discipline · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… given vs by the preaching of the Goſpell, takes away, both theſe miſeries: to wittwit, the blindnes, wherein we are by nature, & next the bondage, reveiled by the law …
With rule
… given vs by the preaching of the Goſpell, takes away, both theſe miſeries: to wittwit, the blindnes, wherein we are by nature, & next the bondage, reveiled by the law …
John Forbes · Letter to Merchants · p. 59 · Open in the reader
Printed
… from that thorne that patche all dryseled. Lete him that hath eyther lerninge or wittwit / marke what dyrtye gete this is / and from what good authors borrowed. The grounde …
With rule
… from that thorne that patche all dryseled. Lete him that hath eyther lerninge or wittwit / marke what dyrtye gete this is / and from what good authors borrowed. The grounde …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… cast him self headlong in to destruction and death. yet resteth one excuse, to wittwit that he could not auoid nor flie that which was decreed by God: but …
With rule
… cast him self headlong in to destruction and death. yet resteth one excuse, to wittwit that he could not auoid nor flie that which was decreed by God: but …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Prophet doth not onely require that whiche is commaunded in the first precept, to wittwit, that they should giue vnto God his due worship, that is, they should feare …
With rule
… Prophet doth not onely require that whiche is commaunded in the first precept, to wittwit, that they should giue vnto God his due worship, that is, they should feare …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 196 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and whom we do abuse, when we abuse the ministers of the word; to wittwit, that we abuse not man, but God. For albeit, it be true of all …
With rule
… and whom we do abuse, when we abuse the ministers of the word; to wittwit, that we abuse not man, but God. For albeit, it be true of all …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 548 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (39)

18 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 21 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Emblems Ancient and Modern A15631

Printed
Thou thinkſt thy WittWit, had made thee great,
With rule
Thou thinkſt thy WittWit, had made thee great,
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
As, thou thy WittWit, didſt overweene;
With rule
As, thou thy WittWit, didſt overweene;
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
WittWit 1, 64.136.167
With rule
WittWit 1, 64.136.167
George Wither · Emblems Ancient and Modern · Open in the reader

Twelve General Arguments A16624

Printed
… yet ther is none of theſe, but may have applied unto them by the WittWit of Man, a Myſticall and Religious Sence; and then by this Biſh. of Canterburies …
With rule
… yet ther is none of theſe, but may have applied unto them by the WittWit of Man, a Myſticall and Religious Sence; and then by this Biſh. of Canterburies …
William Bradshaw · Twelve General Arguments · Open in the reader

A Witty Encounter A20965

Printed
… Letters. That ſhall not hinder me from admiring the Beauty and Vigour of yout WittWit. I honour the gifts of GOD where ever I find them. On the other …
With rule
… Letters. That ſhall not hinder me from admiring the Beauty and Vigour of yout WittWit. I honour the gifts of GOD where ever I find them. On the other …
Pierre du Moulin Sr · A Witty Encounter · p. 45 · Open in the reader

The Dead Yet Speaking A40646

Printed
For Learning, Life, and solid WittWit,
With rule
For Learning, Life, and solid WittWit,
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… industry: and being well p…incipled at Schoole, he went to the University at WittWit…nberg: Accounting it his great happinesse, that he was borne after the light of …
With rule
… industry: and being well p…incipled at Schoole, he went to the University at WittWit…nberg: Accounting it his great happinesse, that he was borne after the light of …
Thomas Fuller · The Dead Yet Speaking · p. 364 · Open in the reader

Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 A47642

Printed
… what way soever deliver'd unto them, they feed upon it with delight: before conversion WittWit or Eloquence may draw a Man to the Word, and possibly prove a happy …
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… what way soever deliver'd unto them, they feed upon it with delight: before conversion WittWit or Eloquence may draw a Man to the Word, and possibly prove a happy …
Robert Leighton · Practical Commentary of 1 Peter Volume 1 · p. 234 · Open in the reader

The Latin Grammar A48810

Printed
… his Book de Eloquentia where the precepts need to meet with juncture of Diligence, WittWit, and Memory, or cannot be converted into practiſe, and who are not content therewith …
With rule
… his Book de Eloquentia where the precepts need to meet with juncture of Diligence, WittWit, and Memory, or cannot be converted into practiſe, and who are not content therewith …
Richard Lloyd · The Latin Grammar · p. 153 · Open in the reader

A Memento to Young and Old A50403

Printed
… like a fair sign that hangeth at the door of a foul house; and WittWit without Grace, is but like meat that tasteth sweet in the mouth, and breedeth …
With rule
… like a fair sign that hangeth at the door of a foul house; and WittWit without Grace, is but like meat that tasteth sweet in the mouth, and breedeth …
John Maynard · A Memento to Young and Old · Open in the reader
Printed
… not have given it to some Publick use? God hath given thee a Golden WittWit, a Soul of Gold, and yet thou usest it an Instrument of Sensuality; take …
With rule
… not have given it to some Publick use? God hath given thee a Golden WittWit, a Soul of Gold, and yet thou usest it an Instrument of Sensuality; take …
John Maynard · A Memento to Young and Old · Open in the reader

Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes A52356

Printed
… by the Truth of God, muſt take faſt hold of it, by bending their WittWit to comprehend the ſenſe of it clearly, Prov. 2.2, 3. fixing their minds upon it by …
With rule
… by the Truth of God, muſt take faſt hold of it, by bending their WittWit to comprehend the ſenſe of it clearly, Prov. 2.2, 3. fixing their minds upon it by …
Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 337 · Open in the reader
Printed
6. It is not Mens natural WittWit, or acquired Prudence that will diſcover to them the ſeaſons of doing or ſuffering …
With rule
6. It is not Mens natural WittWit, or acquired Prudence that will diſcover to them the ſeaſons of doing or ſuffering …
Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 376 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the ſenſe of his Short-coming, and when he hath ſounded deepeſt by his WittWit, whether Natural, acquired, or infuſed, muſt ſtill acknowledge he cannot find the bottom of …
With rule
… the ſenſe of his Short-coming, and when he hath ſounded deepeſt by his WittWit, whether Natural, acquired, or infuſed, muſt ſtill acknowledge he cannot find the bottom of …
Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 410 · Open in the reader
Printed
… yet is it their Duty, and it is alſo their Diſpoſition, to imploy any WittWit they have for the good of thoſe among whom they are, for preventing their …
With rule
… yet is it their Duty, and it is alſo their Diſpoſition, to imploy any WittWit they have for the good of thoſe among whom they are, for preventing their …
Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 450 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their After-carriage to him in this ſuppoſed Hiſtory, and yet he imploys his WittWit for obtaining a Delivery to them, The poor Man by his Wiſdom delivered the …
With rule
… their After-carriage to him in this ſuppoſed Hiſtory, and yet he imploys his WittWit for obtaining a Delivery to them, The poor Man by his Wiſdom delivered the …
Alexander Nisbet · Exposition Upon Ecclesiastes · p. 450 · Open in the reader

Reproof of a Pamphlet Called the Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence A57858

Printed
… their Line; and yet we call them Superstitious, Popish, &c. Hath he so little WittWit, as that he cannot distinguish between telling our Opinion of a Way, and medling …
With rule
… their Line; and yet we call them Superstitious, Popish, &c. Hath he so little WittWit, as that he cannot distinguish between telling our Opinion of a Way, and medling …
Gilbert Rule · Reproof of a Pamphlet Called the Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this Author would fain say some thing against: But findeth little matter for his WittWit, and Malice to work upon: The 1st thing he quarrelleth is, a Complaint that …
With rule
… this Author would fain say some thing against: But findeth little matter for his WittWit, and Malice to work upon: The 1st thing he quarrelleth is, a Complaint that …
Gilbert Rule · Reproof of a Pamphlet Called the Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence · p. 34 · Open in the reader