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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #152 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

absolueabsolve

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

Puritas changed it
592 times in 241 works
Consistency
99.1% (592 of 597)
Reach if approved
~627 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: absolve
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
597 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (592 changes in 241 works, 99.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 592)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … death, euen ipso facto he did absolueabsolve Christ from their sinnes, and did withall absolueabsolve them in Christ: but being absolued from their sins they shall not perish, but …
    With rule
    … death, euen ipso facto he did absolueabsolve Christ from their sinnes, and did withall absolueabsolve them in Christ: but being absolued from their sins they shall not perish, but …

    William Perkins · Predestination · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the sicke person shal make a speciall confession to the minister, and he to absolueabsolve him, &c. Will you neuer leaue this shamelesse cogging, and forging of matters against …
    With rule
    … the sicke person shal make a speciall confession to the minister, and he to absolueabsolve him, &c. Will you neuer leaue this shamelesse cogging, and forging of matters against …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 388 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in remembrance the Collect wherein the Prieſt by the authoritie committed vnto him, doth abſolueabsolve the ſick of all his ſinnes. Indeed you tolde vs that this is moſt …
    With rule
    … in remembrance the Collect wherein the Prieſt by the authoritie committed vnto him, doth abſolueabsolve the ſick of all his ſinnes. Indeed you tolde vs that this is moſt …

    George Gifford · Short Reply to the Donatists · p. 29 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Here after followeth in this author, Gregorius, whose age in dede, I darre not absolueabsolve frome superstitiō, for then trouble rysing, and speciallie, the great and haynus contention for …
    With rule
    Here after followeth in this author, Gregorius, whose age in dede, I darre not absolueabsolve frome superstitiō, for then trouble rysing, and speciallie, the great and haynus contention for …

    George Hay · The Confutation of the Abbot of Crosraguels Mass · p. 83 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the iudgement ſeate of Chriſt, defie the deuill to his face, acquit thee and abſolueabsolve thee of all the crimes which euer thou wert, either iuſtly by the accuſing …
    With rule
    … the iudgement ſeate of Chriſt, defie the deuill to his face, acquit thee and abſolueabsolve thee of all the crimes which euer thou wert, either iuſtly by the accuſing …

    Thomas Barnes · The Court of Conscience · p. 35 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … but a godly minister, which is instruct in the word of god, can & may absolueabsolve in opē preaching, not of his owne authority, but in the name of god …
    With rule
    … but a godly minister, which is instruct in the word of god, can & may absolueabsolve in opē preaching, not of his owne authority, but in the name of god …

    Hugh Latimer · Twenty-Seven Sermons · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … any point be against hym, he curseth with the great cursse, and will not absolueabsolve them, till thei haue made perfect submission, and paied greate sommes of money.
    With rule
    … any point be against hym, he curseth with the great cursse, and will not absolueabsolve them, till thei haue made perfect submission, and paied greate sommes of money.

    Thomas Becon · The Acts of Christ and Antichrist · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … what auctority can this ſtraunge vſurper challendge ouer the Lords inheritance? How can he abſolueabsolve from ſinnes, who is the verie ſonne of perdition? And what auctority can theſe …
    With rule
    … what auctority can this ſtraunge vſurper challendge ouer the Lords inheritance? How can he abſolueabsolve from ſinnes, who is the verie ſonne of perdition? And what auctority can theſe …

    Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 3 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Relics of Rome A07146

  • Printed
    ORemus. AbsolueAbsolve quesumus domine animas famulorū tuorum, Pontificum, Regum, Sacerdotum, Parentum, Parochianorum, Amicorum, Benefactorum nostrorum, & omnium …
    With rule
    ORemus. AbsolueAbsolve quesumus domine animas famulorū tuorum, Pontificum, Regum, Sacerdotum, Parentum, Parochianorum, Amicorum, Benefactorum nostrorum, & omnium …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 235 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    LEt vs pray. AbsolueAbsolve, we beseech thee O Lorde, ye soules of thy seruauntes, our Bishops, Kinges, Priestes …
    With rule
    LEt vs pray. AbsolueAbsolve, we beseech thee O Lorde, ye soules of thy seruauntes, our Bishops, Kinges, Priestes …

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 235 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … and woman saie a Pater Noster and an Aue. De profūdis, &c, cum Oremus: & AbsolueAbsolve quesumus, &c.
    With rule
    … and woman saie a Pater Noster and an Aue. De profūdis, &c, cum Oremus: & AbsolueAbsolve quesumus, &c.

    Thomas Becon · The Relics of Rome · p. 237 · Open in the reader