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captiuatecaptivate

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 106 times in 68 works
Consistency: 98.1% (106 of 108)
Reach if approved: ~113 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: captivate
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 108 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (106 changes in 68 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 106)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… reigne and reueale himſelfe. Secondly, of the certaine degrees, by which this Beaſt doth captiuatecaptivate men to his …eruice and homage; both theſe are expreſſed by the Authour and …
With rule
… reigne and reueale himſelfe. Secondly, of the certaine degrees, by which this Beaſt doth captiuatecaptivate men to his …eruice and homage; both theſe are expreſſed by the Authour and …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 115 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the great God, and our blessed Sauiour Iesus Christ) as to inthrall and captiuatecaptivate whole Nations to its base and slauish bondage, who professe themselues not onely to …
With rule
… of the great God, and our blessed Sauiour Iesus Christ) as to inthrall and captiuatecaptivate whole Nations to its base and slauish bondage, who professe themselues not onely to …
William Prynne · Healths Sickness · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſway? Thoſe turbulent foreign, paſſions of ſenſualitie, which wiſedome of morall heathens laboured vainely to captiuatecaptivate to right reaſon, this ſhall ſubdue, the miſerable bondage vnder ſinne and Satan, whereunder …
With rule
… ſway? Thoſe turbulent foreign, paſſions of ſenſualitie, which wiſedome of morall heathens laboured vainely to captiuatecaptivate to right reaſon, this ſhall ſubdue, the miſerable bondage vnder ſinne and Satan, whereunder …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 161 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Philoſophers, and Heathens were confounded, erred, and were deceiued, who becauſe they would not captiuatecaptivate their vnderſtanding into the obedience of Chriſt, and according to their knowledge worſhip him …
With rule
… Philoſophers, and Heathens were confounded, erred, and were deceiued, who becauſe they would not captiuatecaptivate their vnderſtanding into the obedience of Chriſt, and according to their knowledge worſhip him …
Francis Trigge · The True Catholic · p. 217 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſtuffe? hereby you may haue a taſte vvhat it is for vvorthy diuines to captiuatecaptivate their judgments, to yeeld to much confidence to the labours of our forefathers if …
With rule
… ſtuffe? hereby you may haue a taſte vvhat it is for vvorthy diuines to captiuatecaptivate their judgments, to yeeld to much confidence to the labours of our forefathers if …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… heauy a iudgement, either by bringing the Church in bondage at home, while they captiuatecaptivate the liberty here of to the luſts of men; or by impudent communicating the …
With rule
… heauy a iudgement, either by bringing the Church in bondage at home, while they captiuatecaptivate the liberty here of to the luſts of men; or by impudent communicating the …
Thomas Cooper · The Churchs Deliverance · p. 91 · Open in the reader
Printed
… suffer this enemie to dwell in them, yet hee doth so kéepe vnder, and captiuatecaptivate him in them, that he cannot raign in thē, nor destroy them.
With rule
… suffer this enemie to dwell in them, yet hee doth so kéepe vnder, and captiuatecaptivate him in them, that he cannot raign in thē, nor destroy them.
Thomas Draxe · The Christian Armory · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Strange it is, that any of our Nation ſhould ſo baſely degenerate, as to captiuatecaptivate their wits, wils and ſpirits, to ſuch a foraine Idoll Gull; compoſed of palpable …
With rule
… Strange it is, that any of our Nation ſhould ſo baſely degenerate, as to captiuatecaptivate their wits, wils and ſpirits, to ſuch a foraine Idoll Gull; compoſed of palpable …
John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 35 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Englands Hallelujah A14379

Printed
And CaptiuateCaptivate our Princes to their power.
With rule
And CaptiuateCaptivate our Princes to their power.
John Vicars · Englands Hallelujah · Open in the reader