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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8578 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vndertookeundertook

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

Puritas changed it
270 times in 181 works
Consistency
100% (270 of 270)
Reach if approved
~284 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: undertook
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
270 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (270 changes in 181 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 270)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … with ſufficiencie of power, for the accompliſhment of the work of Redemption which he vndertookeundertook. This is eaſily prooued. It pleaſed the Father, that in him all fulneſſe ſhould …
    With rule
    … with ſufficiencie of power, for the accompliſhment of the work of Redemption which he vndertookeundertook. This is eaſily prooued. It pleaſed the Father, that in him all fulneſſe ſhould …

    Samuel Hieron · The Abridgment of the Gospel · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … inflicted on him by way of proper puniſhment and ſatisfaction for ſinne, which he vndertookeundertook for vs. Only this in the ordinarie and vſuall maner of ſpeach is ſignified …
    With rule
    … inflicted on him by way of proper puniſhment and ſatisfaction for ſinne, which he vndertookeundertook for vs. Only this in the ordinarie and vſuall maner of ſpeach is ſignified …

    Henry Jacob · Defense of a Treatise Touching the Suffering and Victory of Christ · p. 90 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … fleſh on a Faſting day; wherein, they ſhake hands with Manichees. Secondly, the Montaniſts vndertookeundertook this exerciſe of Faſting, edomandi corporis cauſa, for the taming of fleſhly luſtes, as …
    With rule
    … fleſh on a Faſting day; wherein, they ſhake hands with Manichees. Secondly, the Montaniſts vndertookeundertook this exerciſe of Faſting, edomandi corporis cauſa, for the taming of fleſhly luſtes, as …

    Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 262 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … foule with ſinne, that it deſerued to be waſhed with a floud, God himſelfe vndertookeundertook the viſitation, Gen. 6.7. I will deſtroy man, whom I haue created from the face …
    With rule
    … foule with ſinne, that it deſerued to be waſhed with a floud, God himſelfe vndertookeundertook the viſitation, Gen. 6.7. I will deſtroy man, whom I haue created from the face …

    Sebastian Benefield · Seventeen Sermons on Amos 3 · p. 281 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … be without fault, if he ordayne the cauſes of damnation. Whiche queſtion thou haſte vndertookeundertook to diſſolue: but we thinke with the Apoſtle that it is altogether impoſſible with …
    With rule
    … be without fault, if he ordayne the cauſes of damnation. Whiche queſtion thou haſte vndertookeundertook to diſſolue: but we thinke with the Apoſtle that it is altogether impoſſible with …

    Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 12 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of Predeſtination, in the very enterance of his diſcourſe, giues his Reaſon why he vndertookeundertook that Argument, for that he thought it to be the fitteſt queſtion, in which …
    With rule
    … of Predeſtination, in the very enterance of his diſcourſe, giues his Reaſon why he vndertookeundertook that Argument, for that he thought it to be the fitteſt queſtion, in which …

    Nehemiah Rogers · Sermon Preached at Second Triennial Visitation · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the Baron to be deliuered to the confident chalenger. Who vpon the receipt thereof, vndertookeundertook to returne forthwith a direct and punctuall anſwer. But this Dutch Champion quitting the …
    With rule
    … the Baron to be deliuered to the confident chalenger. Who vpon the receipt thereof, vndertookeundertook to returne forthwith a direct and punctuall anſwer. But this Dutch Champion quitting the …

    Daniel Featley · Pelagius Raked out of the Ashes by Arminius and his Scholars · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the dew of heauen, &c. A thing very remarkable, that before the holy Patriarch vndertookeundertook to bleſſe his ſonne, hee firſt would haue ſauoury meate prouided by him whom …
    With rule
    … the dew of heauen, &c. A thing very remarkable, that before the holy Patriarch vndertookeundertook to bleſſe his ſonne, hee firſt would haue ſauoury meate prouided by him whom …

    Samuel Gibson · Sermon of Ecclesiastical Benediction · p. 33 · Open in the reader

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