Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6878 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

kilskills

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 424 times in 268 works
Consistency: 99.0% (424 of 428)
Reach if approved: ~450 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: kills
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 428 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (424 changes in 268 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 424)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… so far pleased, as the health be not displeased. It is certain, that surfet kilskills more then famine. It was one of Hippocrates Aphorisines; Allimmoderations are enemies to health …
With rule
… so far pleased, as the health be not displeased. It is certain, that surfet kilskills more then famine. It was one of Hippocrates Aphorisines; Allimmoderations are enemies to health …
Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… violent then true, as bugbeares more affright children then true men. Again, godly ſorrow kilskills worldly griefe, as ſpirituallioy mars carnall mirth: let ſin ly heauy, and outward croſſes …
With rule
… violent then true, as bugbeares more affright children then true men. Again, godly ſorrow kilskills worldly griefe, as ſpirituallioy mars carnall mirth: let ſin ly heauy, and outward croſſes …
Robert Harris · Absoloms Funeral · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore all bee forbidden to reape comfort by it? Becauſe the theefe robs, and kilskills with his ſword, ſhall not therefore an honeſt man vſe one for his owne …
With rule
… therefore all bee forbidden to reape comfort by it? Becauſe the theefe robs, and kilskills with his ſword, ſhall not therefore an honeſt man vſe one for his owne …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 338 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is a worker in temptations, so farre forth as they are actions. One man kilskills another: the very moouing of the bodie in the doing of this villanie is …
With rule
… is a worker in temptations, so farre forth as they are actions. One man kilskills another: the very moouing of the bodie in the doing of this villanie is …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 557 · Open in the reader
Printed
… newnesse of the ayre in the new Country, may make one sicke, but it kilskills not; so a godly man, in what place or time soever; remaines the same …
With rule
… newnesse of the ayre in the new Country, may make one sicke, but it kilskills not; so a godly man, in what place or time soever; remaines the same …
John Preston · Remains · p. 28 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to himſelfe; and reſiſting no occaſions, in time ſtrikes and wounds, and at length kilskills in his rage; yet ye muſt let him alone, he cannot but be angry …
With rule
… to himſelfe; and reſiſting no occaſions, in time ſtrikes and wounds, and at length kilskills in his rage; yet ye muſt let him alone, he cannot but be angry …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 749 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Some had their intrailes pearced with ſharpe ſtakes: Some were throwne into the Lime kilskills: Some were ſlaine with the ſtripes of ſtaues and lead: Some had ſharpe reedes …
With rule
… Some had their intrailes pearced with ſharpe ſtakes: Some were throwne into the Lime kilskills: Some were ſlaine with the ſtripes of ſtaues and lead: Some had ſharpe reedes …
Jean Taffin · The Marks of the Children of God and their Comforts in Affliction · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wits, may well diſpute for the precedency in ſinfulneſſe. The one couzens, the other kilskills, the one uſeth ſecret tricks, the other open force. The one armeth it ſelfe …
With rule
… wits, may well diſpute for the precedency in ſinfulneſſe. The one couzens, the other kilskills, the one uſeth ſecret tricks, the other open force. The one armeth it ſelfe …
William Whately · Prototypes · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 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.

A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures A19692

Printed
Chap. 14 Samſons riddle, 14. KilsKills 30 Philiſtinis, 19. His wife given to another, Ʋerſe. 20.
With rule
Chap. 14 Samſons riddle, 14. KilsKills 30 Philiſtinis, 19. His wife given to another, Ʋerſe. 20.
Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
Chap. 9 Iehu King, 13. KilsKills Ioram, 24. Ahazia, 27. Iezabell eaten with Dogs, Verſ. 36.
With rule
Chap. 9 Iehu King, 13. KilsKills Ioram, 24. Ahazia, 27. Iezabell eaten with Dogs, Verſ. 36.
Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 24 · Open in the reader

Sermon 26 August 1645 A88148

Printed
6. KilsKills men with love of themſelves as the Ape doth her young ones with imbraces.
With rule
6. KilsKills men with love of themſelves as the Ape doth her young ones with imbraces.
John Lightfoot · Sermon 26 August 1645 · p. 22 · Open in the reader