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vsurpethusurpeth

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

Puritas changed it
133 times in 84 works
Consistency
100% (133 of 133)
Reach if approved
~140 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: usurpeth
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
133 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (133 changes in 84 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 133)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … howe that God is to be ſouhht, they know not. Therefore euerie man here vſurpethusurpeth lybertie, ſaying: This waye wyll I trye to pleaſe God with: This meane wyll …
    With rule
    … howe that God is to be ſouhht, they know not. Therefore euerie man here vſurpethusurpeth lybertie, ſaying: This waye wyll I trye to pleaſe God with: This meane wyll …

    John Calvin · Daily Sermons Upon Jonah · p. 13 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the furtherance of good purposes. Againe, if an euill man haue them, he vnreuerently vsurpethusurpeth them, immoderatly vseth them, and vnthankfully is puffed vp with them, he turneth them …
    With rule
    … the furtherance of good purposes. Againe, if an euill man haue them, he vnreuerently vsurpethusurpeth them, immoderatly vseth them, and vnthankfully is puffed vp with them, he turneth them …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 318 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … both the titles. And it agreeth to the Pope alſo: for he ſo apparantly vſurpethusurpeth both theſe powers, that he both boaſteth of them in his Decrees, and his …
    With rule
    … both the titles. And it agreeth to the Pope alſo: for he ſo apparantly vſurpethusurpeth both theſe powers, that he both boaſteth of them in his Decrees, and his …

    Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 195 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to the light: But poperie, ruſheth into all matters and cauſes, and chalengeth and vſurpethusurpeth authoritie ouer all perſons, it taketh vpon it the alteration of kingdomes, ouerturneth Princes …
    With rule
    … to the light: But poperie, ruſheth into all matters and cauſes, and chalengeth and vſurpethusurpeth authoritie ouer all perſons, it taketh vpon it the alteration of kingdomes, ouerturneth Princes …

    Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 22 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … liberty, and power; and so all those Churches, or congregations over whom he thus vsurpethusurpeth, receive his mark, & are in that respect subject to his judgement. 2. Mr B: as …
    With rule
    … liberty, and power; and so all those Churches, or congregations over whom he thus vsurpethusurpeth, receive his mark, & are in that respect subject to his judgement. 2. Mr B: as …

    John Robinson · Justification of Separation from the Church of England · p. 349 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … yet there were ſuch. And therefore we may hope that euen there where Antichriſt vſurpethusurpeth his tyrann…e, the Lord hath his children which bow not the knee to …
    With rule
    … yet there were ſuch. And therefore we may hope that euen there where Antichriſt vſurpethusurpeth his tyrann…e, the Lord hath his children which bow not the knee to …

    Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 948 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    16. One Alexander vsurpethusurpeth the kingdome, who is ouercome by Antiochus Gryphus.
    With rule
    16. One Alexander vsurpethusurpeth the kingdome, who is ouercome by Antiochus Gryphus.

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 406 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of the Church. But that must needes bee the Antichristian Church, that challengeth and vsurpethusurpeth an absolute power ouer the Scriptures, which for their authority and sense must be …
    With rule
    … of the Church. But that must needes bee the Antichristian Church, that challengeth and vsurpethusurpeth an absolute power ouer the Scriptures, which for their authority and sense must be …

    Henry Burton · The Christians Bulwark · p. 259 · 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.