Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #1007 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

improuedimproved

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

Puritas changed it: 98 times in 63 works
Consistency: 100% (98 of 98)
Reach if approved: ~103 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: improved
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 98 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (98 changes in 63 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 98)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… deuices: that our temporall eſtate is preſerued in liberty, our ſpirituall eſtate may bee improuedimproved in pietie, and our eternall eſtate aſſured vs in glory: that our liues be …
With rule
… deuices: that our temporall eſtate is preſerued in liberty, our ſpirituall eſtate may bee improuedimproved in pietie, and our eternall eſtate aſſured vs in glory: that our liues be …
Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… neuer appeared vnto vs. After this manner hath the Lord ſtill for the one improuedimproved the falles and foiles of his ſeruants euer to their more good. Dauid that …
With rule
… neuer appeared vnto vs. After this manner hath the Lord ſtill for the one improuedimproved the falles and foiles of his ſeruants euer to their more good. Dauid that …
William Negus · Mans Active Obedience · p. 207 · Open in the reader
Printed
… decay; but grace is of a generatiue nature, one grace well vſed, and rightly improuedimproved, brings forth another: We glory in tribulation (ſaith the Apoſtle) knowing that tribulation worketh …
With rule
… decay; but grace is of a generatiue nature, one grace well vſed, and rightly improuedimproved, brings forth another: We glory in tribulation (ſaith the Apoſtle) knowing that tribulation worketh …
Samuel Smith · The Admirable Convert · p. 321 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mē had promyſed him, and that ther were many in the realme whyche greatly improuedimproved ſuche tyrannye and breakynge of theyr othes, Zachary the Byſhope of Rome aſſoyled Pipyne …
With rule
… mē had promyſed him, and that ther were many in the realme whyche greatly improuedimproved ſuche tyrannye and breakynge of theyr othes, Zachary the Byſhope of Rome aſſoyled Pipyne …
Henrich Bullinger · Commentary on 2 Thessalonians · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I say further, that y^e vntruth which you teach, was not at that time improuedimproved of no man, neither openly nor priuily. For how could your doctrine be impugned …
With rule
… I say further, that y^e vntruth which you teach, was not at that time improuedimproved of no man, neither openly nor priuily. For how could your doctrine be impugned …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 179 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſeruant, 1 Sam. 22.14. & Chriſt the Lord (for example to vs) doth elſwhere call thoſe that improuedimproved his ſpirituall talent, (as they were indeed) his good ſeruants and faithfull, Matth. 25.21.23. ſo …
With rule
… ſeruant, 1 Sam. 22.14. & Chriſt the Lord (for example to vs) doth elſwhere call thoſe that improuedimproved his ſpirituall talent, (as they were indeed) his good ſeruants and faithfull, Matth. 25.21.23. ſo …
Robert Horne · The History of the Woman of Great Faith · p. 274 · Open in the reader
Printed
… on, but every where ſtormes and waues, death & hell abide her, when we haue improuedimproved our contentments to the very height of our deſires, when we haue attained as …
With rule
… on, but every where ſtormes and waues, death & hell abide her, when we haue improuedimproved our contentments to the very height of our deſires, when we haue attained as …
William Tipping · A Discourse of Eternity · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deuices: that our temporall estate is preserued in liberity, our spirituall estate may bee improuedimproved in pietie, and our eternall estate assured vs in glory: that our liues be …
With rule
… deuices: that our temporall estate is preserued in liberity, our spirituall estate may bee improuedimproved in pietie, and our eternall estate assured vs in glory: that our liues be …
Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 66 · 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.