Alternative spellings

Jeremy Bentham often used alternative, unusual, or idiosyncratic spellings in his writings. This page lists some spellings that you may encounter in the manuscripts. This list will become a resource for other users, so feel free to edit this page, adding any alternative spellings that you have met in the course of your transcription work.

A-F

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administer'd admitt alledge assurtains ax burthen causeaicun characteristick cloaths / cloathes / cloathed colors committ

compleat connexion controul defeazance denuntiation depretiation desception divers / diverts draught

encrease entere'd enterprize enuntiation equiample expence fixt forbiden fulfill

G-L

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• gulph

• incumbrance

• innevitable

• intituled

• jealosy

• linnen /linnens

M-R

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• maqest

• mean while

• meerly

• mixt

• oeconomy

• occurr(s)

• plaid

• polution

• possesst

• pretious

• propos'd

• publickly

• register'd

S-Z

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• savory

• scatter'd

• shew / shews / shewn

• signifys

• sollicitor

• submitt

• traffick

• tythes

• tranquillity

• tyed

• untill

• worde