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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #1033 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouerruledoverruled

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

Puritas changed it
91 times in 59 works
Consistency
100% (91 of 91)
Reach if approved
~96 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: overruled
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
91 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (91 changes in 59 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 91)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … now being written and publiſhed abroad, I weigh not what any priuate Spirit, being ouerruledoverruled by inordinate paſſions of loue or hatred, will cenſure or account thereof, for friends …
    With rule
    … now being written and publiſhed abroad, I weigh not what any priuate Spirit, being ouerruledoverruled by inordinate paſſions of loue or hatred, will cenſure or account thereof, for friends …

    Gabriel Powel · The Nature and Use of Things Indifferent · p. 177 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … they then ſubiect to the word, & to be cried by it, nay to be ouerruledoverruled of it. According as we reade: If there ariſe among you a Prophet, and …
    With rule
    … they then ſubiect to the word, & to be cried by it, nay to be ouerruledoverruled of it. According as we reade: If there ariſe among you a Prophet, and …

    John Knewstubs · Sermon Preached 1579 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … of our minde I meane) and suffer our selues in all things to be ouerruledoverruled and ordered by the written word of God. This was Dauids practise: he gaue …
    With rule
    … of our minde I meane) and suffer our selues in all things to be ouerruledoverruled and ordered by the written word of God. This was Dauids practise: he gaue …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 358 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … tranſforming him ſelfe into the forme of an Angel of light, hath ruled, and ouerruledoverruled in ſome generall Councels: Auguſtine ſaith, that the Epiſtles of particular Biſhoppes are corrected …
    With rule
    … tranſforming him ſelfe into the forme of an Angel of light, hath ruled, and ouerruledoverruled in ſome generall Councels: Auguſtine ſaith, that the Epiſtles of particular Biſhoppes are corrected …

    Thomas Sampson · The Church and Certain Ceremonies · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … freelie, not forciblie; yet they must fall out according to Gods foreknowledge, and be ouerruledoverruled to the end appointed by Gods prouidence.
    With rule
    … freelie, not forciblie; yet they must fall out according to Gods foreknowledge, and be ouerruledoverruled to the end appointed by Gods prouidence.

    Andrew Willet · An Antilogy · p. 98 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſeauen yeeres ſince the partition the Iewes helde their lande. The ſeauenth ſeauen Chuſan ouerruledoverruled, for their idolatry: in his eight, and in the firſt fiftieth Othoniel returneth them …
    With rule
    … ſeauen yeeres ſince the partition the Iewes helde their lande. The ſeauenth ſeauen Chuſan ouerruledoverruled, for their idolatry: in his eight, and in the firſt fiftieth Othoniel returneth them …

    Hugh Broughton · Order of the World · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … a nullity thereof; vnlesse by Phisicke, or some spirituall means his power may be ouerruledoverruled, for which some time is to be graunted, and meanes vsed.
    With rule
    … a nullity thereof; vnlesse by Phisicke, or some spirituall means his power may be ouerruledoverruled, for which some time is to be graunted, and meanes vsed.

    Thomas Cooper · The Mystery of Witchcraft Discovering the Truth of Nature · p. 260 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … little if theſe be great, nor contrariwiſe exceſſiue and immoderate, if theſe tempered and ouerruledoverruled with reaſon and religion. And therefore if our hearts be weaned from the loue …
    With rule
    … little if theſe be great, nor contrariwiſe exceſſiue and immoderate, if theſe tempered and ouerruledoverruled with reaſon and religion. And therefore if our hearts be weaned from the loue …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 101 · 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.