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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8766 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

permittepermit

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

Puritas changed it
171 times in 86 works
Consistency
100% (171 of 171)
Reach if approved
~180 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: permit
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
171 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (171 changes in 86 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 171)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … nor reaſon / nor the examples of the eldeſt churches both Iewiſhe and chriſtian / doe permittepermit vs to vſe the ſame formes and ceremonies / being neyther commaunded of God / neyther …
    With rule
    … nor reaſon / nor the examples of the eldeſt churches both Iewiſhe and chriſtian / doe permittepermit vs to vſe the ſame formes and ceremonies / being neyther commaunded of God / neyther …

    Thomas Cartwright · A Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift · p. 131 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … forest, when sinne shall bee punished with sinne, and the destitution of grace, shall permittepermit a lapse to impenitency.
    With rule
    … forest, when sinne shall bee punished with sinne, and the destitution of grace, shall permittepermit a lapse to impenitency.

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 66 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Turks and Heretikes, meaning by the name of Heretikes, all those Princes that did permittepermit the vse of the reformed Religion within their dominions.
    With rule
    … Turks and Heretikes, meaning by the name of Heretikes, all those Princes that did permittepermit the vse of the reformed Religion within their dominions.

    François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. XXII · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … he is able likewise to destroy both body and soule if God did so permittepermit: but also to stirre vs vp to faith and prayer, that we should call …
    With rule
    … he is able likewise to destroy both body and soule if God did so permittepermit: but also to stirre vs vp to faith and prayer, that we should call …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 82 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … were vpholden, in ſo muche, that they fal euen into moſt filthy ſinnes, doeth permittepermit it willing, and by his determined counſell: in no wiſe, ſo yet, as if …
    With rule
    … were vpholden, in ſo muche, that they fal euen into moſt filthy ſinnes, doeth permittepermit it willing, and by his determined counſell: in no wiſe, ſo yet, as if …

    Theodore Beza · Display of Popish Practices · p. 152 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … thinges cometh the wrath of God apon the childerne of vnbelefe. Now seinge they permittepermit you frely to reade those thinges which corrupte youre mīdes & robbe you of ye …
    With rule
    … thinges cometh the wrath of God apon the childerne of vnbelefe. Now seinge they permittepermit you frely to reade those thinges which corrupte youre mīdes & robbe you of ye …

    William Tyndale · The Obedience of a Christian Man · p. xx · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … counterfeiteth to come as neere vnto the Romane Church, as his tender conscience will permittepermit him, whereas indeede he walketh as wide from it, as any other noueller of …
    With rule
    … counterfeiteth to come as neere vnto the Romane Church, as his tender conscience will permittepermit him, whereas indeede he walketh as wide from it, as any other noueller of …

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … to hinder and stoppe euill when one may: and so God is said to permittepermit sinne, because he coulde by his grace hinder & preuent sinnes, that none should be …
    With rule
    … to hinder and stoppe euill when one may: and so God is said to permittepermit sinne, because he coulde by his grace hinder & preuent sinnes, that none should be …

    William Burton · Certain Questions and Answers Concerning the Knowledge of God · 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.