Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6822 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

excellsexcels

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 439 times in 250 works
Consistency: 97.3% (439 of 451)
Reach if approved: ~474 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: excels
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 451 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (439 changes in 250 works, 97.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 439)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… much the more confirm'd the couragious Habit is, so much the more a Man excellsexcels in that Virtue. Liberality consists between an indiscreet Profuseness, and sordid Avarice. Patience between …
With rule
… much the more confirm'd the couragious Habit is, so much the more a Man excellsexcels in that Virtue. Liberality consists between an indiscreet Profuseness, and sordid Avarice. Patience between …
William Bates · The Sovereign and Final Happiness of Man with Means to Obtain it · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… meet for Repentance. The Rev…lation of the word of God beyond all expreſſion excellsexcels Natural Knowledg concerning it: It opens to us the great Prince, the Redeemer and …
With rule
… meet for Repentance. The Rev…lation of the word of God beyond all expreſſion excellsexcels Natural Knowledg concerning it: It opens to us the great Prince, the Redeemer and …
Thomas Beverley · Evangelical Repentance Unto Salvation · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo? anſwered in this among other things, My Maſters Treaſure differs from yours, and excellsexcels yours, in that his hath no bottome as yours have, alluding to the Mynes …
With rule
… ſo? anſwered in this among other things, My Maſters Treaſure differs from yours, and excellsexcels yours, in that his hath no bottome as yours have, alluding to the Mynes …
Thomas Brooks · An Ark for All Gods Noahs · p. 78 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now as Faith excellsexcels all other graces, so there is a speciall degree of faith that excellsexcels all …
With rule
Now as Faith excellsexcels all other graces, so there is a speciall degree of faith that excellsexcels all …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 429 · Open in the reader
Printed
… never a sincere, de…out or pious Christian this day living in England, who excellsexcels in holinesse of life, in integrity of con…ersation, avoiding all the corruptions that …
With rule
… never a sincere, de…out or pious Christian this day living in England, who excellsexcels in holinesse of life, in integrity of con…ersation, avoiding all the corruptions that …
William Prynne · The Players Scourge · p. 802 · Open in the reader
Printed
… order, which in Spirits, is answerable to situation in bodies. Which order in Spirits, excellsexcels situation in bodies in this respect; because by situation one body is with another …
With rule
… order, which in Spirits, is answerable to situation in bodies. Which order in Spirits, excellsexcels situation in bodies in this respect; because by situation one body is with another …
William Twisse · Discovery of Jacksons Vanity · p. 118 · Open in the reader
Printed
His Rhetorick excellsexcels. He can perswade
With rule
His Rhetorick excellsexcels. He can perswade
Edward Buckler · A Buckler Against the Fear of Death · Open in the reader
Printed
… let him haue place of honour and eſtimation in thine heart, and he that excellsexcels others in piety and religion, let him be the man thou doeſt honour and …
With rule
… let him haue place of honour and eſtimation in thine heart, and he that excellsexcels others in piety and religion, let him be the man thou doeſt honour and …
Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 1423 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 7 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Christianity the Great Mystery A27589

Printed
… Seeing External Speech is Govern'd by inward Intellectual Power of Enunciation; as the one ExcellsExcels, ſo does the other; If therefore the underſtanding, and reaſon of God be the …
With rule
… Seeing External Speech is Govern'd by inward Intellectual Power of Enunciation; as the one ExcellsExcels, ſo does the other; If therefore the underſtanding, and reaſon of God be the …
Thomas Beverley · Christianity the Great Mystery · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… more than Information, or Teſtimony from any other Hand; the certitude only of Divine ExcellsExcels; For in Human Information Reaſon Judges of the Credibility, and if it finds cauſe …
With rule
… more than Information, or Teſtimony from any other Hand; the certitude only of Divine ExcellsExcels; For in Human Information Reaſon Judges of the Credibility, and if it finds cauſe …
Thomas Beverley · Christianity the Great Mystery · p. 28 · Open in the reader

A Treasury of Divine Raptures A28161

Printed
ExcellsExcels all Corner-ſtones in five reſpects.
With rule
ExcellsExcels all Corner-ſtones in five reſpects.
Nicolas Billingsley · A Treasury of Divine Raptures · p. 191 · Open in the reader

The Present State of London A37482

Printed
… that in moſt Families of England, if there be any Son or Daughter that ExcellsExcels the reſt in Beauty or Wit, or perhaps Courage or Induſtry, or any other …
With rule
… that in moſt Families of England, if there be any Son or Daughter that ExcellsExcels the reſt in Beauty or Wit, or perhaps Courage or Induſtry, or any other …
Thomas De Laune · The Present State of London · p. 298 · Open in the reader

A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors A37483

Printed
Secondly, 'Tis glorious in a comparative sence, it ExcellsExcels the Law, hence called a better Testiment; tho' that was glorious, yet it had …
With rule
Secondly, 'Tis glorious in a comparative sence, it ExcellsExcels the Law, hence called a better Testiment; tho' that was glorious, yet it had …
Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 5 · Open in the reader