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disprouedisprove

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
349 times in 161 works
Consistency
99.4% (349 of 351)
Reach if approved
~369 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: disprove
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
351 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (349 changes in 161 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 349)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … much lesse proued to be taken for good by the aduersarie, vntill he can disprouedisprove them, according to the rule of the Ciuill law: supponitur esse bonus, qui non …
    With rule
    … much lesse proued to be taken for good by the aduersarie, vntill he can disprouedisprove them, according to the rule of the Ciuill law: supponitur esse bonus, qui non …

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … pertaine onely to the Pope. As for our abrogating of Saintes dayes, doth not disprouedisprove our Communion with the Saintes, which is in consent of their faith, not in …
    With rule
    … pertaine onely to the Pope. As for our abrogating of Saintes dayes, doth not disprouedisprove our Communion with the Saintes, which is in consent of their faith, not in …

    William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 330 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … againſt her Maieſtie. But for many proofes againſt this, take one for all, to diſprouedisprove him; and this one proofe being from ſuch a one; as the whole packe …
    With rule
    … againſt her Maieſtie. But for many proofes againſt this, take one for all, to diſprouedisprove him; and this one proofe being from ſuch a one; as the whole packe …

    Francis Hastings · A Watch-Word to All Religious and True Hearted Englishmen · p. 44 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … also disputers against God, vsing truth to subvert the truth; yea scriptures themselues to disprouedisprove scriptures. Being in this sort mockers, they must needs be also followers of their …
    With rule
    … also disputers against God, vsing truth to subvert the truth; yea scriptures themselues to disprouedisprove scriptures. Being in this sort mockers, they must needs be also followers of their …

    Richard Hooker · Two Sermons Upon Jude · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    Wherfore these thinges are diligently to be distincted in teachyng. We must not disprouedisprove reason, will, & vertuous sayinges, nor the law, neither preceptes, maners, nor honest liuing for …
    With rule
    Wherfore these thinges are diligently to be distincted in teachyng. We must not disprouedisprove reason, will, & vertuous sayinges, nor the law, neither preceptes, maners, nor honest liuing for …

    Thomas Becon · Sermons Upon all the Sunday Gospels · p. 306 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … that it should be either moyst, hote, cold, or drye: afterward iudging particularly they disprouedisprove by particular dayes that whiche they sayd before. In the yeare of our Lord …
    With rule
    … that it should be either moyst, hote, cold, or drye: afterward iudging particularly they disprouedisprove by particular dayes that whiche they sayd before. In the yeare of our Lord …

    William Perkins · Four Great Liars Striving · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … the generall it may bee ſoundly maintained. Secondly, I ſay, that except thou canſt diſprouedisprove it, on very good ground out of the word, thou muſt take it on …
    With rule
    … the generall it may bee ſoundly maintained. Secondly, I ſay, that except thou canſt diſprouedisprove it, on very good ground out of the word, thou muſt take it on …

    John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 252 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … they all agrée in a swéet harmony, and no other records are able to disprouedisprove them: yea, if men will be so incredulous as to doubt of Moses historie …
    With rule
    … they all agrée in a swéet harmony, and no other records are able to disprouedisprove them: yea, if men will be so incredulous as to doubt of Moses historie …

    Henry Smith · Gods Arrow Against Atheists · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Reply Against Gilbert Brown A14926

  • Printed
    … of the principal heads of the doctrine whilk yee taught, and ſundrie others alſo. DiſproueDisprove you it if you can (Maiſter Gilbert.)
    With rule
    … of the principal heads of the doctrine whilk yee taught, and ſundrie others alſo. DiſproueDisprove you it if you can (Maiſter Gilbert.)

    John Welch · Reply Against Gilbert Brown · p. 184 · Open in the reader

The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary A19670

  • Printed
    … offered for ſinne. Ergo, he is not offered often or euerye day for ſinne. DiſproueDisprove this argument if you can.
    With rule
    … offered for ſinne. Ergo, he is not offered often or euerye day for ſinne. DiſproueDisprove this argument if you can.

    Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · p. 88 · Open in the reader