Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7105 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

imbecillityimbecility

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 193 times in 122 works
Consistency: 89.7% (193 of 215)
Reach if approved: ~226 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: imbecility
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 215 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (193 changes in 122 works, 89.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 193)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… bewaile our corruption, and ſtriue to get victory ouer it: if we perceiue the imbecillityimbecility of our faith, and would haue it increaſed: or want of repentance, and would …
With rule
… bewaile our corruption, and ſtriue to get victory ouer it: if we perceiue the imbecillityimbecility of our faith, and would haue it increaſed: or want of repentance, and would …
John Dod · Ten Sermons for the Worthy Receiving of the Lords Supper · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… suppos'd, the contrary may be concluded, that he hath so far condescended to our imbecillityimbecility, as not to prescribe us any thing which he either finds or makes us …
With rule
… suppos'd, the contrary may be concluded, that he hath so far condescended to our imbecillityimbecility, as not to prescribe us any thing which he either finds or makes us …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and afraid to justifie you, or take your part: when a Peter in such imbecillityimbecility and fear can disown and deny his suffering Lord, what wonder if saint-hearted …
With rule
… and afraid to justifie you, or take your part: when a Peter in such imbecillityimbecility and fear can disown and deny his suffering Lord, what wonder if saint-hearted …
Richard Baxter · The Divine Life · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
… If then in thy old age, thy memory faileth, know this is a natural imbecillityimbecility, as ſickneſs and pain is not a ſinne. Others again they abuſe this diſtinction …
With rule
… If then in thy old age, thy memory faileth, know this is a natural imbecillityimbecility, as ſickneſs and pain is not a ſinne. Others again they abuſe this diſtinction …
Anthony Burgess · A Treatise of Original Sin · p. 250 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mistaking on uttering the same contrary to their meaning, that then my fault or imbecillityimbecility in declaring thereof be not prejudicial to the House, but that I may again …
With rule
… mistaking on uttering the same contrary to their meaning, that then my fault or imbecillityimbecility in declaring thereof be not prejudicial to the House, but that I may again …
Simonds D Ewes · The Journals of Parliaments · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… God be farre from Christian obedience! Truly, the Fathers being conscious of their owne imbecillityimbecility and vveaknesse… never thought themselves worthy of so great dignity as to suppose that …
With rule
… God be farre from Christian obedience! Truly, the Fathers being conscious of their owne imbecillityimbecility and vveaknesse… never thought themselves worthy of so great dignity as to suppose that …
John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is in this case, this wandring of minde proceeds from a naturall infirmity, and imbecillityimbecility that hangs vpon the nature of man, which is not so able to keepe …
With rule
… is in this case, this wandring of minde proceeds from a naturall infirmity, and imbecillityimbecility that hangs vpon the nature of man, which is not so able to keepe …
John Preston · The Saints Daily Exercise · p. 72 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are. For albeit there be ſome blemiſhes, which by reaſō of the churches weaknes & imbecillityimbecility cannot be corrected & amended on a ſodain; yet the adminiſtration may pleaſe God, and …
With rule
… are. For albeit there be ſome blemiſhes, which by reaſō of the churches weaknes & imbecillityimbecility cannot be corrected & amended on a ſodain; yet the adminiſtration may pleaſe God, and …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 804 · Open in the reader

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

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (22)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 17 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times A27006

Printed
… gluttonous eating of Apples and Pears: which I think laid the foundation of that ImbecillityImbecility and Flatulency of my Stomach, which caused the Bodily Calamities of my Life.
With rule
… gluttonous eating of Apples and Pears: which I think laid the foundation of that ImbecillityImbecility and Flatulency of my Stomach, which caused the Bodily Calamities of my Life.
Richard Baxter · Baxters Narrative of His Life and Times · p. 2 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Psalm 119 A51842

Printed
… to the Misery of his Condition, Deliver me; with respect to the weakness and ImbecillityImbecility of his own Heart, Quicken me. God is his Peoples Patron, to defend their …
With rule
… to the Misery of his Condition, Deliver me; with respect to the weakness and ImbecillityImbecility of his own Heart, Quicken me. God is his Peoples Patron, to defend their …
Thomas Manton · Sermons on Psalm 119 · p. 972 · Open in the reader

Divine Truths in Jesus Christ A55308

Printed
… theſe is from Sin, inherent, and putrifying in Conſcience; and the ſecond from the ImbecillityImbecility of of the Creature, ſinking under its burden, neither of which could be in …
With rule
… theſe is from Sin, inherent, and putrifying in Conſcience; and the ſecond from the ImbecillityImbecility of of the Creature, ſinking under its burden, neither of which could be in …
Edward Polhill · Divine Truths in Jesus Christ · p. 59 · Open in the reader

The Doubting Believer A59036

Printed
8. ImbecillityImbecility of judgement. 64
With rule
8. ImbecillityImbecility of judgement. 64
Obadiah Sedgwick · The Doubting Believer · Open in the reader

The Vanity of the Lives and Passions of Men A90884

Printed
… ſign of indigence, poverty and want, ſo Flight is an evidence of Impatiency and ImbecillityImbecility; and as men obtain by the proſecution of their deſires, ſuch things as they …
With rule
… ſign of indigence, poverty and want, ſo Flight is an evidence of Impatiency and ImbecillityImbecility; and as men obtain by the proſecution of their deſires, ſuch things as they …
David Papillon · The Vanity of the Lives and Passions of Men · p. 154 · Open in the reader