Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8672 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deferresdefers

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

Puritas changed it: 127 times in 77 works
Consistency: 100% (127 of 127)
Reach if approved: ~133 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: defers
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 127 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (127 changes in 77 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 127)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in performing. But he that vowes a thing lawful and poſſible, and yet de-deferresdefers to perform it, or ſeeks an evaſion, is two fools for fayling; ſith
With rule
… in performing. But he that vowes a thing lawful and poſſible, and yet de-deferresdefers to perform it, or ſeeks an evaſion, is two fools for fayling; ſith
John Trapp · Commentary on Prov Ecc SoS Isa Jer Lam Eze Dan · p. 247 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of God: Man sinneth, his sinnes deserue plagues: but God presently plagueth not, but deferresdefers it, hee puts a time betwixte the sinne and the punishment (ordinarily:) this hee …
With rule
… of God: Man sinneth, his sinnes deserue plagues: but God presently plagueth not, but deferresdefers it, hee puts a time betwixte the sinne and the punishment (ordinarily:) this hee …
William Perkins · Exposition of Zephaniah 2 · p. 104 · Open in the reader
Printed
… therefore saith, that the Lord which hath promised, is patient towards us, and so deferresdefers that his comming till the number of the elect be accomplished, by their effectuall …
With rule
… therefore saith, that the Lord which hath promised, is patient towards us, and so deferresdefers that his comming till the number of the elect be accomplished, by their effectuall …
John Robinson · Defense of the Synod of Dort · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of words which he cast out before, he cools them quickly before they swel, & deferresdefers not to another time, but where he calles them gods, there he calles them …
With rule
… of words which he cast out before, he cools them quickly before they swel, & deferresdefers not to another time, but where he calles them gods, there he calles them …
Henry Smith · The Magistrates Scripture · p. 20 · Open in the reader
Printed
A. Whereby he beares the reproches of ſinners, and deferresdefers their puniſhments: he doth not preſently ſtep forth, as a mightie enemy to be …
With rule
A. Whereby he beares the reproches of ſinners, and deferresdefers their puniſhments: he doth not preſently ſtep forth, as a mightie enemy to be …
John Yates · A Model of Divinity · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Pulpit before a degree; yet into that too before he deseru'd it. He neuer deferresdefers S. Maries beyond his regencie, and his next Sermon is at Pruls Crosse, and …
With rule
… Pulpit before a degree; yet into that too before he deseru'd it. He neuer deferresdefers S. Maries beyond his regencie, and his next Sermon is at Pruls Crosse, and …
John Earle · Micro-Cosmography · Open in the reader
Printed
… to wait quietly and contentedly, till God comes in with help, who many times deferresdefers till the fourth watch of the ni…ht, as Mat. 14.25.
With rule
… to wait quietly and contentedly, till God comes in with help, who many times deferresdefers till the fourth watch of the ni…ht, as Mat. 14.25.
Samuel Clarke · The Marrow of Divinity · p. 46 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Son of God might be glorified thereby] By raising of him; which he deferresdefers for his glory and our good.
With rule
… the Son of God might be glorified thereby] By raising of him; which he deferresdefers for his glory and our good.
Edward Leigh · Annotations Upon the New Testament · p. 155 · 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.