Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8813 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

signifyessignifies

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

Puritas changed it: 73 times in 41 works
Consistency: 98.6% (73 of 74)
Reach if approved: ~78 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: signifies
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 74 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (73 changes in 41 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 73)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of a man; his tongue, his glory, (the ſame word in the ſacred Tongue ſignifyessignifies both.) But if man ſhall depoſe reaſon, taking from it, Herſoveraignty (I mean in …
With rule
… of a man; his tongue, his glory, (the ſame word in the ſacred Tongue ſignifyessignifies both.) But if man ſhall depoſe reaſon, taking from it, Herſoveraignty (I mean in …
Hezekiah Woodward · A Childs Patrimony · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Name of the Arch-Angel who contended againſt Satan. Jude 9. which is Michael, which ſignifyessignifies, who as God? or, who like God? The Name of the Angel giving the …
With rule
… Name of the Arch-Angel who contended againſt Satan. Jude 9. which is Michael, which ſignifyessignifies, who as God? or, who like God? The Name of the Angel giving the …
Stephen Charnock · Existence and Attributes of God · p. 753 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then doth he ſay pag. 11. that it is acknowledged by all, that Chriſt ſometimes ſignifyessignifies the Church of Chriſt. Let us frame a Syllogiſm, If it be acknowledged by …
With rule
… then doth he ſay pag. 11. that it is acknowledged by all, that Chriſt ſometimes ſignifyessignifies the Church of Chriſt. Let us frame a Syllogiſm, If it be acknowledged by …
Henry Hickman · A Looking Glass for Mr Sherlock · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is: Their Spirits were Chearful and Vivid, upon these Comfortable occasions. The Spirit also signifyessignifies Health and strength; as in the Hunger…starved Egyptian (1. Sam: 30) who being left sick …
With rule
… is: Their Spirits were Chearful and Vivid, upon these Comfortable occasions. The Spirit also signifyessignifies Health and strength; as in the Hunger…starved Egyptian (1. Sam: 30) who being left sick …
Charles Morton · The Spirit of Man · p. 29 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sons …f Men) Rejoicing in the habitable …arts of the Earth: The Hebrew word ſignifyessignifies ſporting, and ſo …he Margin reads it, and yet he was the pattern of …
With rule
… Sons …f Men) Rejoicing in the habitable …arts of the Earth: The Hebrew word ſignifyessignifies ſporting, and ſo …he Margin reads it, and yet he was the pattern of …
Faithful Teate · A Discourse Grounded on Proverbs · p. 165 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſuggeſted thus, when I ſee the bread and wine, if I diſceren what that ſignifyessignifies it will hold forth this to me, that the way of mans ſalvation, it …
With rule
… ſuggeſted thus, when I ſee the bread and wine, if I diſceren what that ſignifyessignifies it will hold forth this to me, that the way of mans ſalvation, it …
Jeremiah Burroughs · Gospel Worship · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Univerſal Church: to wit, Chriſt tells Peter, he ſhould be called Cephas, which ſignifyessignifies a Head: Petrus ſecutus eſt Chriſtum, non ſolum in genere Martyrii, ſed & in ordine …
With rule
… the Univerſal Church: to wit, Chriſt tells Peter, he ſhould be called Cephas, which ſignifyessignifies a Head: Petrus ſecutus eſt Chriſtum, non ſolum in genere Martyrii, ſed & in ordine …
William Prynne · Chronological History of Popes Intolerable Usurpations · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iſa. 6. ult. The holy Seed ſhall be the ſubſtance thereof. The Word rendred Subſtance, ſignifyessignifies a Pillar, which is made uſe of to ſupport the building. Of this uſe …
With rule
… Iſa. 6. ult. The holy Seed ſhall be the ſubſtance thereof. The Word rendred Subſtance, ſignifyessignifies a Pillar, which is made uſe of to ſupport the building. Of this uſe …
Joseph Estabrook · Abraham the Passenger · p. 8 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.