Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #115 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

approuedapproved

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

Puritas changed it: 2,221 times in 549 works
Consistency: 99.8% (2,221 of 2,225)
Reach if approved: ~2,338 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: approved
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,225 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,221 changes in 549 works, 99.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,221)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… Bokes (saith Bristow) hath the Protestants church robbed vs of, w^c are allowed by approuedapproved Councels. You heard in the last motiue Hieromes iudgement of those bookes, whervnto agreeth …
With rule
… Bokes (saith Bristow) hath the Protestants church robbed vs of, w^c are allowed by approuedapproved Councels. You heard in the last motiue Hieromes iudgement of those bookes, whervnto agreeth …
William Fulke · A Retentive to Stay Good Christians · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… take heed that we do not withal disalow those things which are to be approuedapproved. For no doubt, as we see by experience, fowls & beasts do foreshew some things …
With rule
… take heed that we do not withal disalow those things which are to be approuedapproved. For no doubt, as we see by experience, fowls & beasts do foreshew some things …
George Gifford · Discourse of the Subtle Practices of Devils · Open in the reader
Printed
… to gall them, for the tryall of the faith of his children, that the approuedapproved among them may be knowne.
With rule
… to gall them, for the tryall of the faith of his children, that the approuedapproved among them may be knowne.
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 89 · Open in the reader
Printed
… In Colledges, Fellowes are first chosen to be probationers, and if they be then approuedapproved, they be made Fellowes, otherwyse not. If a man (being chyldlesse) do take vnto …
With rule
… In Colledges, Fellowes are first chosen to be probationers, and if they be then approuedapproved, they be made Fellowes, otherwyse not. If a man (being chyldlesse) do take vnto …
Richard Greenham · Two Learned and Godly Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… borne a good will to godlineſſe, and loued the profeſſours of the truth; alwaies approuedapproved of the beſt things, and therefore queſtion the truth of faith and grace in …
With rule
… borne a good will to godlineſſe, and loued the profeſſours of the truth; alwaies approuedapproved of the beſt things, and therefore queſtion the truth of faith and grace in …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 139 · Open in the reader
Printed
… careleſneſſe of any man: I wiſh we would all ſtudie to ſhew our ſelues approuedapproved vnto God, workemen that neede not be aſhamed, diuiding the word of God aright …
With rule
… careleſneſſe of any man: I wiſh we would all ſtudie to ſhew our ſelues approuedapproved vnto God, workemen that neede not be aſhamed, diuiding the word of God aright …
Samuel Hieron · The Preachers Plea · p. 102 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Church. For neither in the Acts of the Councell of Ephesus, nor in any approuedapproved history is there any footstep, or print of any such constitution, as is pretended …
With rule
… Church. For neither in the Acts of the Councell of Ephesus, nor in any approuedapproved history is there any footstep, or print of any such constitution, as is pretended …
Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and manifest demonstrations? And doe you yet after so many, so manifest, and so approuedapproved testimonies, dreame still of a princely seignorie ouer Christes churche?
With rule
… and manifest demonstrations? And doe you yet after so many, so manifest, and so approuedapproved testimonies, dreame still of a princely seignorie ouer Christes churche?
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · p. 68 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

4 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.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
ApprouedApproved and righteous wayes, such as can abide the tryall of the light. Prou. 2, 8. That …
With rule
ApprouedApproved and righteous wayes, such as can abide the tryall of the light. Prou. 2, 8. That …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 528 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Isaiah A17640

Printed
… but the word Iuſt, hath many ſignifications: for it is taken ſometimes for True & ApprouedApproved: in which ſenſe it is ſaid, Luke 7.35. That wiſdome is iuſtified of her children …
With rule
… but the word Iuſt, hath many ſignifications: for it is taken ſometimes for True & ApprouedApproved: in which ſenſe it is ſaid, Luke 7.35. That wiſdome is iuſtified of her children …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 430 · Open in the reader

Commentary on Acts A17642

Printed
… as ſome baſe and obſcure perſō. The old interpreter did not euil tranſlate hupodhedheigmenon, ApprouedApproved. And Eraſmus is deceiued, who thinketh that he did reade it otherwiſe. And he …
With rule
… as ſome baſe and obſcure perſō. The old interpreter did not euil tranſlate hupodhedheigmenon, ApprouedApproved. And Eraſmus is deceiued, who thinketh that he did reade it otherwiſe. And he …
John Calvin · Commentary on Acts · p. 40 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Romans 13-16 B15167

Printed
ApprouedApproved of men: foreign, a word taken from the allowance of Coyne as if he ſhould …
With rule
ApprouedApproved of men: foreign, a word taken from the allowance of Coyne as if he ſhould …
Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 13-16 · p. 197 · Open in the reader