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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7880 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

auoydavoid

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

Puritas changed it
730 times in 260 works
Consistency
98.1% (730 of 744)
Reach if approved
~782 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: avoid
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
744 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (730 changes in 260 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 730)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Age, Sexe, Degrees, nor Gifts. No Power of ours can forbid thee; no Diligence auoydavoid thee; no teares moue thee; Price hire thee; no art, or Eloquence perſwade thee.
    With rule
    … Age, Sexe, Degrees, nor Gifts. No Power of ours can forbid thee; no Diligence auoydavoid thee; no teares moue thee; Price hire thee; no art, or Eloquence perſwade thee.

    John Gaule · A Defiance to Death · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … thereafter to plot his endeuours to attaine a poſſibilitie of his own proiects, to auoydavoid all oppoſite accidents, and to remoue all croſſe occurrences; yet is hee ſo farre …
    With rule
    … thereafter to plot his endeuours to attaine a poſſibilitie of his own proiects, to auoydavoid all oppoſite accidents, and to remoue all croſſe occurrences; yet is hee ſo farre …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 81 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Seuenthly, and laſtly, he warneth them againe to auoydavoid ſuperſtition, errors, and all falſe worſhip, that they loue the trueth of God, and …
    With rule
    Seuenthly, and laſtly, he warneth them againe to auoydavoid ſuperſtition, errors, and all falſe worſhip, that they loue the trueth of God, and …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 98 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ciuell magiſtrate within hys realme and Iuriſdiccion. But of you is requyred only to auoydavoid participacion and company of that abhominacion / as wel in body as in ſoule / as …
    With rule
    … ciuell magiſtrate within hys realme and Iuriſdiccion. But of you is requyred only to auoydavoid participacion and company of that abhominacion / as wel in body as in ſoule / as …

    John Knox · A Godly Letter to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſeruants; but bids them ſay ſo of themſelues, to teach them humility, and to auoydavoid pride. But how doe this follow, that becauſe Chriſt biddeth vs to ſay ſo …
    With rule
    … ſeruants; but bids them ſay ſo of themſelues, to teach them humility, and to auoydavoid pride. But how doe this follow, that becauſe Chriſt biddeth vs to ſay ſo …

    Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 344 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … dyseases, sicknesses, and thys death of the body: verely we ought muche more to auoydavoid and eschue the causes of these euelles: I meane, sinne and vngodlines, and to …
    With rule
    … dyseases, sicknesses, and thys death of the body: verely we ought muche more to auoydavoid and eschue the causes of these euelles: I meane, sinne and vngodlines, and to …

    Thomas Becon · The Physic of the Soul · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … God, and this may playnely appeare vnto vs by that which followeth. Neuertheleſſe, to auoydavoid fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her own …
    With rule
    … God, and this may playnely appeare vnto vs by that which followeth. Neuertheleſſe, to auoydavoid fornication, let euery man haue his wife, and let euery woman haue her own …

    Eusebius Pagit · Sermon 9 June 1572 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … And S. Paule commaunded Timothy, not to consent to Alexander the Hereticke, but to auoydavoid him. Likewise he commanded the Romaines, not to consent to other such like fellowes …
    With rule
    … And S. Paule commaunded Timothy, not to consent to Alexander the Hereticke, but to auoydavoid him. Likewise he commanded the Romaines, not to consent to other such like fellowes …

    William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 28 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (14)

10 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Governance of Virtue A06832

  • Printed
    AuoydAvoid the lustes of youth, but follow righteousnes, faithe, loue, and peace, wyth them that …
    With rule
    AuoydAvoid the lustes of youth, but follow righteousnes, faithe, loue, and peace, wyth them that …

    Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Proverbs A07874

  • Printed
    … men, continue not in the companie, nor liue after the conditions of vngodly perſons. AuoydAvoid it, go not through it, turne from it, and paſſe by it. Flye their …
    With rule
    … men, continue not in the companie, nor liue after the conditions of vngodly perſons. AuoydAvoid it, go not through it, turne from it, and paſſe by it. Flye their …

    Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 43 · Open in the reader

The Diseases of the Time A11070

  • Printed
    Therefore the wisest of men (Prou. 14.15.) aduiseth thee, AuoydAvoid the way of the wicked, passe not by it, turne from it, and passe …
    With rule
    Therefore the wisest of men (Prou. 14.15.) aduiseth thee, AuoydAvoid the way of the wicked, passe not by it, turne from it, and passe …

    Francis Rous · The Diseases of the Time · p. 241 · Open in the reader

Sermons in One Volume A12406

  • Printed
    … when he comes like an Angel, yet we may ſay to him like Chriſt, AuoydAvoid Satan. Firſt giue me leaue to ſay vnto you as Chriſt ſayd vnto his …
    With rule
    … when he comes like an Angel, yet we may ſay to him like Chriſt, AuoydAvoid Satan. Firſt giue me leaue to ſay vnto you as Chriſt ſayd vnto his …

    Henry Smith · Sermons in One Volume · p. 1056 · Open in the reader

The Reckoning and Declaration of Faith and Belief A15877

  • Printed
    … shall ye saye when our Sauiour pronounce agaynst you this terrible and dampnable sentēce. AuoydAvoid from me ye cursed into perpetuall paynes of hell prepared for you for the …
    With rule
    … shall ye saye when our Sauiour pronounce agaynst you this terrible and dampnable sentēce. AuoydAvoid from me ye cursed into perpetuall paynes of hell prepared for you for the …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Reckoning and Declaration of Faith and Belief · Open in the reader

Remains of John Boyse A16562

  • Printed
    AuoydAvoid, saith S. Paul, vaine bablings, Kenophonias. 1. Tim. 6. 20. But Ambrose and some other read, Kainophonias …
    With rule
    AuoydAvoid, saith S. Paul, vaine bablings, Kenophonias. 1. Tim. 6. 20. But Ambrose and some other read, Kainophonias …

    John Boys · Remains of John Boyse · p. 151 · Open in the reader

Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion A17183

  • Printed
    … thee, if thou falling downe wilt worſhip mee: and that the Lord made aunſwere: AuoydAvoid Sathan, for it is written: Thou ſhalt worſhip the Lord thy God, and him …
    With rule
    … thee, if thou falling downe wilt worſhip mee: and that the Lord made aunſwere: AuoydAvoid Sathan, for it is written: Thou ſhalt worſhip the Lord thy God, and him …

    Henrich Bullinger · Fifty Sermons Containing the Chief Points of the Christian Religion · p. 653 · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Sacrifice A19284

  • Printed
    5 AuoydAvoid wee aboue all things, doubtfulnes, and distraction in our actions. Rom. 14. 5.
    With rule
    5 AuoydAvoid wee aboue all things, doubtfulnes, and distraction in our actions. Rom. 14. 5.

    Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · p. 59 · Open in the reader

Two Treatises 2 A21038

  • Printed
    Firſt, the deteſtation in the firſt words, AuoydAvoid Sathan, Hence from me, Be gone, ſpeaking to him as to a dogge. This …
    With rule
    Firſt, the deteſtation in the firſt words, AuoydAvoid Sathan, Hence from me, Be gone, ſpeaking to him as to a dogge. This …

    Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises 2 · p. 345 · Open in the reader

The By-Way A72851

  • Printed
    … must bee killed and deuoured. In like manner, whereas Saint Paul ſaith, Haereticum deuitâ, AuoydAvoid an heretique: the ſillie Fryar applies it to times and perſons with this Expoſition …
    With rule
    … must bee killed and deuoured. In like manner, whereas Saint Paul ſaith, Haereticum deuitâ, AuoydAvoid an heretique: the ſillie Fryar applies it to times and perſons with this Expoſition …

    Humphrey Lynde · The By-Way · p. 81 · Open in the reader