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(ambitransitive) To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans..
M. PERKINS , in his Probleme though hee ſaine would puritanize it , and ſo goeth on, hanging hoofe againſt hoofe, yet confeſſeth, that the Fathers uſed to arm themſelves againſt the Divell with the ſigne of the Croſſe
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Puritanize means (ambitransitive) To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans..
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M. PERKINS , in his Probleme though hee ſaine would puritanize it , and ſo goeth on, hanging hoofe againſt hoofe, yet confeſſeth, that the Fathers uſed to arm themſelves againſt the Divell with the ſigne of the Croſſe
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