Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6584 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

behovesbehooves

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 499 times in 293 works
Consistency: 99.6% (499 of 501)
Reach if approved: ~526 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 501 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (499 changes in 293 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 499)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… am but a yong Beginner, and have little skil in the Trade, therefore it behovesbehooves me to be diligent: his very weakneſs is the cauſe of his diligence. So …
With rule
… am but a yong Beginner, and have little skil in the Trade, therefore it behovesbehooves me to be diligent: his very weakneſs is the cauſe of his diligence. So …
William Bridge · Scripture Light the Most Sure Light · p. 391 · Open in the reader
Printed
1. Firſt, he adviſeth them to be wiſe, and well inſtructed; (as it behovesbehooves men in power to be men of wiſdom) Be wiſe now therefore, O ye …
With rule
1. Firſt, he adviſeth them to be wiſe, and well inſtructed; (as it behovesbehooves men in power to be men of wiſdom) Be wiſe now therefore, O ye …
Matthew Barker · The Faithful and Wise Servant Discovered · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had never begun a good work, then that you should recede from it, it behovesbehooves you through the assistance of Almighty God to go forwards with it: Neither let …
With rule
… had never begun a good work, then that you should recede from it, it behovesbehooves you through the assistance of Almighty God to go forwards with it: Neither let …
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Ecclesiastical History · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
Hereupon it behovesbehooves us to humble our selves in the sight of the Lord, and to implore …
With rule
Hereupon it behovesbehooves us to humble our selves in the sight of the Lord, and to implore …
John Corbet · An Account of the Principles and Practices of Several Nonconformists · p. 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mercy belongs to him; Why, this heart is too low for Chriſt, therefore it behovesbehooves a chriſtian to beleeve there is an hope in Iſrael concerning this; Chriſt hath …
With rule
… mercy belongs to him; Why, this heart is too low for Chriſt, therefore it behovesbehooves a chriſtian to beleeve there is an hope in Iſrael concerning this; Chriſt hath …
John Cotton · Commentary on 1 John · p. 388 · Open in the reader
Printed
… unto the end of our very naturall, and created desires, happinesse and tranquillity. It behovesbehooves us therefore to beware how we give entertainment to any carnall thoughts, which goe …
With rule
… unto the end of our very naturall, and created desires, happinesse and tranquillity. It behovesbehooves us therefore to beware how we give entertainment to any carnall thoughts, which goe …
Edward Reynolds · Meditations on the Lords Supper · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they have a good conſcience, and therfore they thinke they hold it: therefore it behovesbehooves you to try whether you hold a good conſcience, yea or no.
With rule
… they have a good conſcience, and therfore they thinke they hold it: therefore it behovesbehooves you to try whether you hold a good conſcience, yea or no.
Robert Abbot · Four Sermons · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we muſt come to Chriſts Table to have graces confirmed and enlarged: now it behovesbehooves us to have them in us afore hand, for there is no confirmation of …
With rule
… we muſt come to Chriſts Table to have graces confirmed and enlarged: now it behovesbehooves us to have them in us afore hand, for there is no confirmation of …
John Angel · The Right Government of Thoughts · p. 236 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

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

The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms A56211

Printed
… he, nor any his Commissaries, can be both Judge and Party; OF RIGHT IT BEHOVESBEHOOVES, that the King should have COMPANIONS, for to …eare and determine in Parliaments all …
With rule
… he, nor any his Commissaries, can be both Judge and Party; OF RIGHT IT BEHOVESBEHOOVES, that the King should have COMPANIONS, for to …eare and determine in Parliaments all …
William Prynne · The Sovereign Power of Parliaments and Kingdoms · p. 36 · Open in the reader