Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8657 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

byassbias

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

Puritas changed it: 259 times in 165 works
Consistency: 100% (259 of 259)
Reach if approved: ~272 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bias
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 259 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (259 changes in 165 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 259)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… may supplant all those indirect Aims, purge out every prejudice and passion, which may byassbias, and pervert him; and by that time he has done this, 'tis odds but …
With rule
… may supplant all those indirect Aims, purge out every prejudice and passion, which may byassbias, and pervert him; and by that time he has done this, 'tis odds but …
Richard Allestree · The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety · p. 408 · Open in the reader
Printed
… for the Effect, than the Cauſe. The Affections of the World run with a byaſsbias towards the World; they are all edged and pointed downwards; they always face ſome …
With rule
… for the Effect, than the Cauſe. The Affections of the World run with a byaſsbias towards the World; they are all edged and pointed downwards; they always face ſome …
Benjamin Baxter · Non-Conformity Without Controversy · p. 11 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them from their idle vagaries: and then he will set upon them such a byassbias, as shall better order them, and fix them for the time to come. Men …
With rule
… them from their idle vagaries: and then he will set upon them such a byassbias, as shall better order them, and fix them for the time to come. Men …
Richard Baxter · Directions and Persuasions to a Sound Conversion · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… may more influence you, and render temptations from worldly enjoyments and fleſhly delights to byaſsbias you from holineſs not only ſucceſleſs, but contemptible, and whatever you do, be careful …
With rule
… may more influence you, and render temptations from worldly enjoyments and fleſhly delights to byaſsbias you from holineſs not only ſucceſleſs, but contemptible, and whatever you do, be careful …
Thomas Badland · Eternity · p. 70 · Open in the reader
Printed
… examining, becauſe I ſee ſome apt to miſtake it, who have not ſo much byaſsbias as others, to miſlead them) is all conſiderable, that I find alledged for preſcribed …
With rule
… examining, becauſe I ſee ſome apt to miſtake it, who have not ſo much byaſsbias as others, to miſlead them) is all conſiderable, that I find alledged for preſcribed …
David Clarkson · A Discourse Concerning Liturgies · p. 162 · Open in the reader
Printed
… to make sure their Calling and Election. This is the [Pondus,] the weight and byassbias of their Spirit: if their hearts stray and wander after any other thing, this …
With rule
… to make sure their Calling and Election. This is the [Pondus,] the weight and byassbias of their Spirit: if their hearts stray and wander after any other thing, this …
John Flavel · Navigation Spiritualized · p. 45 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Laud onely? I believe not so. His antipathy to the King did as strongly byassbias him that way, as any thing else. For which I have the Testimony of …
With rule
… Laud onely? I believe not so. His antipathy to the King did as strongly byassbias him that way, as any thing else. For which I have the Testimony of …
Thomas Fuller · The Appeal of Injured Innocence · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſame, but 'tis put into a new Channel, the Bowl hath got a new ByaſsBias: So the Convert ſaid to the tempting Harlot [Ego non ſum Ego] I am …
With rule
… ſame, but 'tis put into a new Channel, the Bowl hath got a new ByaſsBias: So the Convert ſaid to the tempting Harlot [Ego non ſum Ego] I am …
Oliver Heywood · A New Creature · p. 24 · 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.