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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7630 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vnderstoodeunderstood

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

Puritas changed it
1,878 times in 309 works
Consistency
99.9% (1,878 of 1,879)
Reach if approved
~1,974 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: understood
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,879 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,878 changes in 309 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,878)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … altogether bereaued of discretion, haue such a light in the word; but it is vnderstoodeunderstood of them, who being lowly in their owne eyes, abase their pride of wit …
    With rule
    … altogether bereaued of discretion, haue such a light in the word; but it is vnderstoodeunderstood of them, who being lowly in their owne eyes, abase their pride of wit …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 518 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … which they that beleeued in him ſhould receiue; ſo that by water here, are vnderſtoodeunderstood the gifts and graces of the ſpirit which the Lord is pleaſed to beſtow …
    With rule
    … which they that beleeued in him ſhould receiue; ſo that by water here, are vnderſtoodeunderstood the gifts and graces of the ſpirit which the Lord is pleaſed to beſtow …

    Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 32 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … this Cup paſſe from. So that the i Apoſtle in all reaſon may bee vnderſtoodeunderstood to have reſpect to all theſe tymes and wofull cryes of our Saviour Chriſt …
    With rule
    … this Cup paſſe from. So that the i Apoſtle in all reaſon may bee vnderſtoodeunderstood to have reſpect to all theſe tymes and wofull cryes of our Saviour Chriſt …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 130 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … in heauen, and to be in earth at one inſtant, are contradictory propoſitions, being vnderſtoodeunderstood of finite ſubſtances, and not of that infinite eſſence which filleth all places: for …
    With rule
    … in heauen, and to be in earth at one inſtant, are contradictory propoſitions, being vnderſtoodeunderstood of finite ſubſtances, and not of that infinite eſſence which filleth all places: for …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 248 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Neither is this name of teſtimonies more to be vnderſtoodeunderstood of the whole body of the law, then of euery branch and clauſe of …
    With rule
    Neither is this name of teſtimonies more to be vnderſtoodeunderstood of the whole body of the law, then of euery branch and clauſe of …

    George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    If your Poet, poore Man, had eyther vnderstoodeunderstood, or considered, what, I thinke, I haue, playnlie, layde before you: if hee had …
    With rule
    If your Poet, poore Man, had eyther vnderstoodeunderstood, or considered, what, I thinke, I haue, playnlie, layde before you: if hee had …

    Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 155 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Other bryng a Mathematicall reason, whiche because it is more curius then can be vnderstoodeunderstood of the commen sort, not exercised in Geometrie, I omitte.
    With rule
    Other bryng a Mathematicall reason, whiche because it is more curius then can be vnderstoodeunderstood of the commen sort, not exercised in Geometrie, I omitte.

    William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to be vnderstood spiritually? And againe, He spake this that hee might not bee vnderstoodeunderstood carnally; as Nicodemus before had done. Yea and of those former wordes Thomas Aquinas …
    With rule
    … to be vnderstood spiritually? And againe, He spake this that hee might not bee vnderstoodeunderstood carnally; as Nicodemus before had done. Yea and of those former wordes Thomas Aquinas …

    Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 208 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Bee Hive of the Romish Church A07026

  • Printed
    … scotfree with foure poundes, one Ducate, and six Carlines: and so of all other. VnderstoodeUnderstood alwayes, that this valuation is ment and taketh hold, so long as the Romish …
    With rule
    … scotfree with foure poundes, one Ducate, and six Carlines: and so of all other. VnderstoodeUnderstood alwayes, that this valuation is ment and taketh hold, so long as the Romish …

    Phillips Marnix · The Bee Hive of the Romish Church · Open in the reader