Waiting for reviewDoubled lettersCandidate #7169 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cancellcancel

A doubled letter made single: vntill → until.

Puritas changed it: 168 times in 145 works
Consistency: 89.8% (168 of 187)
Reach if approved: ~196 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cancel
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 187 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (168 changes in 145 works, 89.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 168)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the honourable ſhould be deſpiſed; that he ſhould make ſatiſfaction for ſinnes, and ſhould cancellcancel the bond and obligation openly in the ſight of all men: ſhal it not …
With rule
… the honourable ſhould be deſpiſed; that he ſhould make ſatiſfaction for ſinnes, and ſhould cancellcancel the bond and obligation openly in the ſight of all men: ſhal it not …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 81 · Open in the reader
Printed
… an Appeale be vrged to recaut His former profession, to reuerse His iudgment, & to cancellcancel, or to b…r… His bookes, which no antiquity, no iniury of time, no …
With rule
… an Appeale be vrged to recaut His former profession, to reuerse His iudgment, & to cancellcancel, or to b…r… His bookes, which no antiquity, no iniury of time, no …
Henry Burton · A Plea to an Appeal · p. 88 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for whom I will kéepe my ſelfe : Therefore O ſwéet Ieſu, I beſéech thee cancellcancel that great bill of my ſinne thou haſt againſt me : for O Lord my …
With rule
… for whom I will kéepe my ſelfe : Therefore O ſwéet Ieſu, I beſéech thee cancellcancel that great bill of my ſinne thou haſt againſt me : for O Lord my …
John Andrewes · Humble Petition Unto Almighty God · Open in the reader
Printed
… or ſuſpected, therefore he deliuering the bond into Chriſt his hands, & ſuffering him to cancellcancel it, it is a plaine and inuincible euidence that hee is fully ſatisfied for …
With rule
… or ſuſpected, therefore he deliuering the bond into Chriſt his hands, & ſuffering him to cancellcancel it, it is a plaine and inuincible euidence that hee is fully ſatisfied for …
Edward Elton · Exposition of Colossians · p. 623 · Open in the reader
Printed
… guilt of it is, how impotent thy ſelf and all the world is to cancellcancel and wipe out this debt.
With rule
… guilt of it is, how impotent thy ſelf and all the world is to cancellcancel and wipe out this debt.
Anthony Burgess · One-Hundred Forty-Five Sermons Upon John 17 · p. 252 · Open in the reader
Printed
3 That hauing paied our debt, he might bring in, and cancellcancel that hand-writing, wherewith wee were bounden, that ſo the memory of our ſinnes …
With rule
3 That hauing paied our debt, he might bring in, and cancellcancel that hand-writing, wherewith wee were bounden, that ſo the memory of our ſinnes …
Robert Hill · The Pathway to Prayer and Piety · p. 201 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all Popiſh Princes, to practiſe the ſame within their dominions? why do they not cancellcancel the bloodie Inquiſitiō; & ſurceaſe their perſecuting of the Proteſtāts? If they thinke this intolerable …
With rule
… all Popiſh Princes, to practiſe the ſame within their dominions? why do they not cancellcancel the bloodie Inquiſitiō; & ſurceaſe their perſecuting of the Proteſtāts? If they thinke this intolerable …
Gabriel Powel · The Papists Reasons of State and Religion · p. 31 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that I should make Gods threatnings voide? or what my repentance, that it should cancellcancel the Oracles of Truth, or reuerse the sentence of the eternall Iudge? Poore distressed …
With rule
… that I should make Gods threatnings voide? or what my repentance, that it should cancellcancel the Oracles of Truth, or reuerse the sentence of the eternall Iudge? Poore distressed …
Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 339 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (19)

2 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.

Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 A05999

Printed
… us free, what doth he firſt? he doth pardon the debt. Secondly, he doth CancellCancel our bills and bonds, for he that keepeth our bonds ſeemeth not to forgive …
With rule
… us free, what doth he firſt? he doth pardon the debt. Secondly, he doth CancellCancel our bills and bonds, for he that keepeth our bonds ſeemeth not to forgive …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Colossians 1 and 2 · p. 300 · Open in the reader

The Valley of Vision A86450

Printed
… his owne, not thine, to pay his Tithes, to burne thy double Leaſes, to CancellCancel thy ſoule-condemning Cuſtomes, to reſtore thoſe things that thou haſt taken away from …
With rule
… his owne, not thine, to pay his Tithes, to burne thy double Leaſes, to CancellCancel thy ſoule-condemning Cuſtomes, to reſtore thoſe things that thou haſt taken away from …
Richard Holdsworth · The Valley of Vision · p. 477 · Open in the reader