Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7977 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dimmedim

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

Puritas changed it: 672 times in 411 works
Consistency: 99.2% (672 of 677)
Reach if approved: ~711 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: dim
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 677 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (672 changes in 411 works, 99.2% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 672)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
At length dimmedim clouds shadow the burning day:
With rule
At length dimmedim clouds shadow the burning day:
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… outward inducements of person estate, yeeres &c. haue concurred, that euen a naturall mans dimmedim eye may easily see & discerne a more speciall prouidence of God oft carying things …
With rule
… outward inducements of person estate, yeeres &c. haue concurred, that euen a naturall mans dimmedim eye may easily see & discerne a more speciall prouidence of God oft carying things …
Thomas Gataker · Two Marriage Sermons · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
128 Because we are dimmedim of sight, and the Lords workes haue, like the curtaines of Salomon▪ beautie within …
With rule
128 Because we are dimmedim of sight, and the Lords workes haue, like the curtaines of Salomon▪ beautie within …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhine of knowledge ſhould diſperſe the miſts of ignorance, and giue light to the dimmedim of ſight, whereby they might be able to diſcouer the iugling and falſhood, which …
With rule
… ſhine of knowledge ſhould diſperſe the miſts of ignorance, and giue light to the dimmedim of ſight, whereby they might be able to diſcouer the iugling and falſhood, which …
Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… doe behold the secret disposition of all mens hearts. We, whose eies are too dimmedim to behold the inward man, must leaue the secret iudgement of every servant to …
With rule
… doe behold the secret disposition of all mens hearts. We, whose eies are too dimmedim to behold the inward man, must leaue the secret iudgement of every servant to …
Richard Hooker · Two Sermons Upon Jude · p. 16 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is confirmed? I anſwere you by a double compariſon: When a linke burneth dimmedim, to helpe the light, we knocke it, being beaten to any thing it ſeemeth …
With rule
… it is confirmed? I anſwere you by a double compariſon: When a linke burneth dimmedim, to helpe the light, we knocke it, being beaten to any thing it ſeemeth …
Paul Baynes · A Letter Instructing to Repentance Love and New Obedience · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his slepe. And in that that y^e old man Simeon commeth, whose eyes were dimmedim for age, and preached so magnificentely of this chylde: doubtlesse there were many that …
With rule
… his slepe. And in that that y^e old man Simeon commeth, whose eyes were dimmedim for age, and preached so magnificentely of this chylde: doubtlesse there were many that …
Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
So is it in one who hath dimmedim ſight, hee perceiueth by the dimmedim ſight he hath, that he cannot ſee cleerly.
With rule
So is it in one who hath dimmedim ſight, hee perceiueth by the dimmedim ſight he hath, that he cannot ſee cleerly.
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 153 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Purple Island A00977

Printed
DimmeDim beetle eyes, and greedy worldlings blearing:
With rule
DimmeDim beetle eyes, and greedy worldlings blearing:
Phineas Fletcher · The Purple Island · p. 108 · Open in the reader

The History of the Worthies of England A40672

Printed
3 Close-writing, A Mysterie indeed, and too Dark for my DimmeDim Eyes to discover.
With rule
3 Close-writing, A Mysterie indeed, and too Dark for my DimmeDim Eyes to discover.
Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Observations Upon the Old Testament A57230

Printed
V. 10. DimmeDim] Ch. 27. 1.
With rule
V. 10. DimmeDim] Ch. 27. 1.
John Richardson · Observations Upon the Old Testament · Open in the reader