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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8095 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

mettemet

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

Puritas changed it
162 times in 92 works
Consistency
100% (162 of 162)
Reach if approved
~170 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: met
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
162 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (162 changes in 92 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 162)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … not euery day, at their firſt enterance into their holy profeſſion. For then they mettemet together not only to breake bread, but vnto doctrine alſo, and prayers. Laſtly, The …
    With rule
    … not euery day, at their firſt enterance into their holy profeſſion. For then they mettemet together not only to breake bread, but vnto doctrine alſo, and prayers. Laſtly, The …

    James Balmford · Carpenters Chips · p. 18 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … menne, vouchsafe to geue you necessaries boeth vnto your bodies and soules. Then afterwarde mettemet hym two false findes, I shoulde saye fryars, saiynge. Maister George praye to our …
    With rule
    … menne, vouchsafe to geue you necessaries boeth vnto your bodies and soules. Then afterwarde mettemet hym two false findes, I shoulde saye fryars, saiynge. Maister George praye to our …

    David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to preach to Ninivie, because he refused for feare of that great citie, God mettemet with him, and he must be cast into the sea, and there be swallowed …
    With rule
    … to preach to Ninivie, because he refused for feare of that great citie, God mettemet with him, and he must be cast into the sea, and there be swallowed …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 302 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … thereof we may ſay with the Pſalmiſt, that mercy and iuſtice haue moſt notably mettemet and kiſt each other, Pſal. 85.10. for doubtleſſe ſuch was the loue of the father …
    With rule
    … thereof we may ſay with the Pſalmiſt, that mercy and iuſtice haue moſt notably mettemet and kiſt each other, Pſal. 85.10. for doubtleſſe ſuch was the loue of the father …

    Thomas Sparke · The Highway to Heaven · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … directing his way through Paules Churche, because it was the shorter: where he was mettemet of his mate: and demaunded why in that solemne time he passed thorough that …
    With rule
    … directing his way through Paules Churche, because it was the shorter: where he was mettemet of his mate: and demaunded why in that solemne time he passed thorough that …

    Laurence Tomson · Answer to Assertions of Fecknam · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … as hee did also the Israelites for vsing kindly the posterity of Iethro, whoe mettemet them as they came out of the wildernesse: the like was done to Rahab …
    With rule
    … as hee did also the Israelites for vsing kindly the posterity of Iethro, whoe mettemet them as they came out of the wildernesse: the like was done to Rahab …

    Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 939 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … if they be mynded to geue any at all. Such mens pride muſt be mettemet with, not onely by a lawe off the Magiſtrat, but alſo by the diſcipline …
    With rule
    … if they be mynded to geue any at all. Such mens pride muſt be mettemet with, not onely by a lawe off the Magiſtrat, but alſo by the diſcipline …

    Martin Bucer · How Alms Ought to be Distributed · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … crosse, because he dyed and was buryed. But if euery of these had not mettemet, & bene concurrāt together in this one persō, he could neuer haue bene the true …
    With rule
    … crosse, because he dyed and was buryed. But if euery of these had not mettemet, & bene concurrāt together in this one persō, he could neuer haue bene the true …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.