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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7601 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

referrerefer

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it
4,695 times in 1,309 works
Consistency
99.7% (4,695 of 4,707)
Reach if approved
~4,946 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: refer
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
4,707 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (4,695 changes in 1,309 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 4,695)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … truth of this point; as that wee must so beleeue in God, that wee referrerefer one, and the same glorification to euery Person. For there is no difference of …
    With rule
    … truth of this point; as that wee must so beleeue in God, that wee referrerefer one, and the same glorification to euery Person. For there is no difference of …

    John Frewen · Choice Grounds and Principles of our Christian Religion · p. 80 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … But seeing he referreth vs to the confutation of the Apologie fol. 328. I wil referrerefer the readers to the defence of the Apologie for the same matter.
    With rule
    … But seeing he referreth vs to the confutation of the Apologie fol. 328. I wil referrerefer the readers to the defence of the Apologie for the same matter.

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 153 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … haue thought with my ſelfe diverſe times to what kind of operation I ſhould referrerefer it. Somewhat I thinke may be done this way by Paper Lanthornes or tranſparent …
    With rule
    … haue thought with my ſelfe diverſe times to what kind of operation I ſhould referrerefer it. Somewhat I thinke may be done this way by Paper Lanthornes or tranſparent …

    John Gee · New Shreds of the Old Snare · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … for thee in view, and ſo left it to him to caſt, and didſt, referrerefer it to His will and wiſedome: Then thy prayer may be moſt fully anſwered …
    With rule
    … for thee in view, and ſo left it to him to caſt, and didſt, referrerefer it to His will and wiſedome: Then thy prayer may be moſt fully anſwered …

    Thomas Goodwin · The Return of Prayers · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … be to mee a Kingdome of Priests, and an holy Nation: this seemes to referrerefer to the peoples answere to God; All that the Lord hath spoken, we will …
    With rule
    … be to mee a Kingdome of Priests, and an holy Nation: this seemes to referrerefer to the peoples answere to God; All that the Lord hath spoken, we will …

    Sir Richard Baker · Meditations and Disquisitions Upon the Lords Prayer · p. 99 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    THe first day being the Christian Sabbath preceded the Festiualls, whither I referrerefer thee. The others here follow in their order.
    With rule
    THe first day being the Christian Sabbath preceded the Festiualls, whither I referrerefer thee. The others here follow in their order.

    Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 310 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … thus: If any obeye not our worde by a letter, note him: Where ſome referrerefer, by a letter, to the firſte parte of the ſentence and ſome to the …
    With rule
    … thus: If any obeye not our worde by a letter, note him: Where ſome referrerefer, by a letter, to the firſte parte of the ſentence and ſome to the …

    Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … vve referrerefer it to that, vvhich God himſelfe vvilleth of men, or as vve referrerefer it to that, vvhich is Gods vvil in vs, tovvards men, to make this …
    With rule
    … vve referrerefer it to that, vvhich God himſelfe vvilleth of men, or as vve referrerefer it to that, vvhich is Gods vvil in vs, tovvards men, to make this …

    John Forbes · Sermon on 1 Timothy 2:4 · p. 11 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Seraphims Wings to Raise Us Unto Heaven A14678

  • Printed
    ReferreRefer my Text to Solomon, you haue a bene diction, referrerefer it vnto Chriſt, you …
    With rule
    ReferreRefer my Text to Solomon, you haue a bene diction, referrerefer it vnto Chriſt, you …

    John Wall · The Seraphims Wings to Raise Us Unto Heaven · p. 30 · Open in the reader

Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine A21036

  • Printed
    … others, in the following words of the verse. And gathereth fruit to life eternall. ReferreRefer life to fruit, that is the soules of men gathered into Gods garner by …
    With rule
    … others, in the following words of the verse. And gathereth fruit to life eternall. ReferreRefer life to fruit, that is the soules of men gathered into Gods garner by …

    Daniel Dyke · Six Evangelical Histories of Water Turned into Wine · p. 331 · Open in the reader

Three Sermons A31445

  • Printed
    … not, bee Judges, but nor Spectators nor Witneſſes of theſe unkind and unchriſtian quarrels. ReferreRefer them, referrerefer them to your brethren, and ſmoother them in the firſt ſmoking. Doe …
    With rule
    … not, bee Judges, but nor Spectators nor Witneſſes of theſe unkind and unchriſtian quarrels. ReferreRefer them, referrerefer them to your brethren, and ſmoother them in the firſt ſmoking. Doe …

    Daniel Cawdry · Three Sermons · p. 23 · Open in the reader

A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors A37483

  • Printed
    … or a Lifeless Body, Lev. 19.28. So 21.1. and 22.4. Numb. 6.11. and 5.2. Hag. 2.14. To this signification some ReferreRefer, Psal. 16.10. Thou shalt not leave my Soul in the Grave, that is, my Body.
    With rule
    … or a Lifeless Body, Lev. 19.28. So 21.1. and 22.4. Numb. 6.11. and 5.2. Hag. 2.14. To this signification some ReferreRefer, Psal. 16.10. Thou shalt not leave my Soul in the Grave, that is, my Body.

    Thomas De Laune · A Key to Open Scripture Metaphors · p. 32 · Open in the reader

A Soliloquy of the Soul A77677

  • Printed
    … climbe up ſo high as to Gods Mercyſeat; and the ſtep is this: to ReferreRefer all thy Thoughts, thy Wordes and Actions to the glory of God: For if …
    With rule
    … climbe up ſo high as to Gods Mercyſeat; and the ſtep is this: to ReferreRefer all thy Thoughts, thy Wordes and Actions to the glory of God: For if …

    Sir Richard Baker · A Soliloquy of the Soul · Open in the reader

The Anchor of Hope for Gods Tossed Ones A96180

  • Printed
    … Gods account, will, decree, as it was fore-determined of God from all eternity. 2. ReferreRefer it to Scripture, and ſo 'twas a full time in Scripture account, wherein thoſe …
    With rule
    … Gods account, will, decree, as it was fore-determined of God from all eternity. 2. ReferreRefer it to Scripture, and ſo 'twas a full time in Scripture account, wherein thoſe …

    John Wells · The Anchor of Hope for Gods Tossed Ones · p. 112 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … time in Scripture account, wherein thoſe propheſies concerning his comming, muſt needs be fulfilled. 3. ReferreRefer it to the Saints, and then 'twas a full time, in that the Saints …
    With rule
    … time in Scripture account, wherein thoſe propheſies concerning his comming, muſt needs be fulfilled. 3. ReferreRefer it to the Saints, and then 'twas a full time, in that the Saints …

    John Wells · The Anchor of Hope for Gods Tossed Ones · p. 112 · Open in the reader

Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations B15410

  • Printed
    … sic iis EX LIBERALITATE REGIA INDVLITVM gratis animis agnoscere, IDQVE REGIAE MAGNIFICENTIAE SOLVMMODO ACCEPTVM REFERREREFER EIQVE quoties regiae Majestati videbitur, libentèr cedere convenit, &c. Nos tuis in hac parte …
    With rule
    … sic iis EX LIBERALITATE REGIA INDVLITVM gratis animis agnoscere, IDQVE REGIAE MAGNIFICENTIAE SOLVMMODO ACCEPTVM REFERREREFER EIQVE quoties regiae Majestati videbitur, libentèr cedere convenit, &c. Nos tuis in hac parte …

    William Prynne · Of the Prelates Intolerable Usurpations · p. 125 · Open in the reader

The Death of Death in the Death of Christ B27720

  • Printed
    Answ. ReferreRefer this reason unto God, which is the aime of it, and it will appeare …
    With rule
    Answ. ReferreRefer this reason unto God, which is the aime of it, and it will appeare …

    John Owen · The Death of Death in the Death of Christ · p. 143 · Open in the reader