Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #139 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

approueapprove

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

Puritas changed it: 2,079 times in 597 works
Consistency: 100% (2,079 of 2,079)
Reach if approved: ~2,184 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: approve
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 2,079 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (2,079 changes in 597 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 2,079)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… vayne and vtterly voyde of all credit, if the matter it selfe doe not approueapprove this to bee true by most euident demonstration and proofe.
With rule
… vayne and vtterly voyde of all credit, if the matter it selfe doe not approueapprove this to bee true by most euident demonstration and proofe.
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… we all reuerence and heare, as the messengers of God, but so that they approueapprove vnto vs their sayings out of the worde of God, and doctrine of Christ …
With rule
… we all reuerence and heare, as the messengers of God, but so that they approueapprove vnto vs their sayings out of the worde of God, and doctrine of Christ …
William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 127 · Open in the reader
Printed
… I haue read other Expositions, as if it was a question of feare: I approueapprove and dwell on the former: from the perswasion then of immunitie, impunitie, and safe …
With rule
… I haue read other Expositions, as if it was a question of feare: I approueapprove and dwell on the former: from the perswasion then of immunitie, impunitie, and safe …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader
Printed
… c. O thou that dwelleſt in the Mountaines of ſpices.) The Miniſter that wil approueapprove himſelfe faithfull muſt neuer be wearie of feeding his flock to the comming of …
With rule
… c. O thou that dwelleſt in the Mountaines of ſpices.) The Miniſter that wil approueapprove himſelfe faithfull muſt neuer be wearie of feeding his flock to the comming of …
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · Open in the reader
Printed
… and Spirit and diuersitie of giftes giuen vnto men: The Word and the Spirit approueapprove ech other / and beare w…ness ech of other / in what language soeuer GOD …
With rule
… and Spirit and diuersitie of giftes giuen vnto men: The Word and the Spirit approueapprove ech other / and beare w…ness ech of other / in what language soeuer GOD …
John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 53 · Open in the reader
Printed
… act in giuing ouer Deuentre to the King of Spaine, he doth as fully approueapprove the Bull, as anie of the other: which though I condemne (as good cause …
With rule
… act in giuing ouer Deuentre to the King of Spaine, he doth as fully approueapprove the Bull, as anie of the other: which though I condemne (as good cause …
Francis Hastings · Defense of the Watch-Word Against the Ward-Word · p. 137 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men: that is, doest neither commaund, that I should offer it, nor doost so approueapprove of it, when I offer it.
With rule
… men: that is, doest neither commaund, that I should offer it, nor doost so approueapprove of it, when I offer it.
George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader
Printed
… conteyned in that greate booke of Decrees, diſt. 15. cap. 2. & 4. and diſt. 16. cap. 6. &c. they approueapprove by name the three Councils alledged before. More particularly they approueapprove that which was …
With rule
… conteyned in that greate booke of Decrees, diſt. 15. cap. 2. & 4. and diſt. 16. cap. 6. &c. they approueapprove by name the three Councils alledged before. More particularly they approueapprove that which was …
Dudley Fenner · Treatise of Lawful and Unlawful Recreations · p. 24 · 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.