Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #6965 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

borowborrow

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 100 times in 62 works
Consistency: 100% (100 of 100)
Reach if approved: ~105 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: borrow
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 100 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (100 changes in 62 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 100)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… parley about more rent and ſtraighter couenants, or beg away their beſt kine, or borowborrow their horſes, or command their carts, or require a wéeks worke of them, & neuer …
With rule
… parley about more rent and ſtraighter couenants, or beg away their beſt kine, or borowborrow their horſes, or command their carts, or require a wéeks worke of them, & neuer …
Arthur Dent · The Plain Mans Pathway to Heaven · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… we and as the Scripture boroweth ſimilitudes of worldly thinges euen ſo we agayne borowborrow ſimilitudes or allegories of the Scripture and apply them to our purpoſes, which allegories …
With rule
… we and as the Scripture boroweth ſimilitudes of worldly thinges euen ſo we agayne borowborrow ſimilitudes or allegories of the Scripture and apply them to our purpoſes, which allegories …
William Tyndale · Whole Works · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… brauery: this is wast: we make our selues the compounds of all Nations: we borowborrow of Spaine, Italy, Germany, France, Turkie and all; that death when he robs an …
With rule
… brauery: this is wast: we make our selues the compounds of all Nations: we borowborrow of Spaine, Italy, Germany, France, Turkie and all; that death when he robs an …
Thomas Adams · The White Devil · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that they ſynne cō trary to gods wil, whych denye a br… aſkyng to borowborrow. Leſt y^t (ſaith he) he cry agaynſt thee vnto the lord, and it becōe …
With rule
… that they ſynne cō trary to gods wil, whych denye a br… aſkyng to borowborrow. Leſt y^t (ſaith he) he cry agaynſt thee vnto the lord, and it becōe …
Wolfgang Musculus · Lawful and Unlawful Usury Amongst Christians · Open in the reader
Printed
… lay in a ſtable for want of a chāber: his diſciple was fain to borowborrow xx. pēſe for him of a fiſh: therfore when one offered, maſter I wil …
With rule
… lay in a ſtable for want of a chāber: his diſciple was fain to borowborrow xx. pēſe for him of a fiſh: therfore when one offered, maſter I wil …
Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 123 · Open in the reader
Printed
… goo we & as y^e scripture boroweth similitudes of wordly thīges evē so we agayne borowborrow similitudes or allegories of y^e scripture ād apply thē to oure purposes / which allegories …
With rule
… goo we & as y^e scripture boroweth similitudes of wordly thīges evē so we agayne borowborrow similitudes or allegories of y^e scripture ād apply thē to oure purposes / which allegories …
William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. cxxxj · Open in the reader
Printed
… in reprehending the deceaued extreemly, I hartely confeſſe that I want due vehemency, & will borowborrow Ovid as Vergil, tranſlating Homer to confeſſe how I come ſhort of abilitie to …
With rule
… in reprehending the deceaued extreemly, I hartely confeſſe that I want due vehemency, & will borowborrow Ovid as Vergil, tranſlating Homer to confeſſe how I come ſhort of abilitie to …
Hugh Broughton · An Advertisement of Corruption in our Handling of Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
But to borowborrow similitudes from matters of mē, to expresse the force of this distinction. I knowe …
With rule
But to borowborrow similitudes from matters of mē, to expresse the force of this distinction. I knowe …
John Calvin · The Institutes of the Christian Religion · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.