Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #18855 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

figuratiuelyfiguratively

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

Puritas changed it: 667 times in 182 works
Consistency: 98.3% (667 of 678)
Reach if approved: ~712 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: figuratively
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 678 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (667 changes in 182 works, 98.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 667)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… to that Eliphaz, Eſaus eldeſt ſonne, Gen. 36.11. Some ſay his name is ſet downe figuratiuelyfiguratively, of Timna one of the Dukes which came of Eſau, verſ. 40. And yet it …
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… to that Eliphaz, Eſaus eldeſt ſonne, Gen. 36.11. Some ſay his name is ſet downe figuratiuelyfiguratively, of Timna one of the Dukes which came of Eſau, verſ. 40. And yet it …
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 225 · Open in the reader
Printed
… they ſpake of praying to the Saints, did not ſpeake poſitiuely, but tropically, and figuratiuelyfiguratively, by hyperbolicall, and Rhetoricall Apoſtophers, as may appeare plainely in the Orations of Nazianzen …
With rule
… they ſpake of praying to the Saints, did not ſpeake poſitiuely, but tropically, and figuratiuelyfiguratively, by hyperbolicall, and Rhetoricall Apoſtophers, as may appeare plainely in the Orations of Nazianzen …
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 224 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in the Sacrament of the Altar, in his proper and corporall person, but only figuratiuelyfiguratively; That without all doubt it is a figuratiue speech to say, This is my …
With rule
… in the Sacrament of the Altar, in his proper and corporall person, but only figuratiuelyfiguratively; That without all doubt it is a figuratiue speech to say, This is my …
Thomas Bedford · Luthers Predecessors · p. 10 · Open in the reader
Printed
Thirdly, The words muſt needs bee figuratiuelyfiguratively vnderſtood now, if we conſider the time when Chriſt ſpake them, to wit, before …
With rule
Thirdly, The words muſt needs bee figuratiuelyfiguratively vnderſtood now, if we conſider the time when Chriſt ſpake them, to wit, before …
Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sacrament, but establisheth the presence therof by these woordes. The bread and wyne is figuratiuelyfiguratively the body and blood of Christe. And immediatly after: The body of Christ, that …
With rule
… sacrament, but establisheth the presence therof by these woordes. The bread and wyne is figuratiuelyfiguratively the body and blood of Christe. And immediatly after: The body of Christ, that …
John Foxe · The Pope Confuted · Open in the reader
Printed
… except, that the word of hyls is not taken in the proper sence, but figuratiuelyfiguratively and Metaphorically for some other thing, as some would seme to interprete seuen hils …
With rule
… except, that the word of hyls is not taken in the proper sence, but figuratiuelyfiguratively and Metaphorically for some other thing, as some would seme to interprete seuen hils …
William Fulke · Sermon Preached 12 November 1570 · Open in the reader
Printed
2. Or figuratiuelyfiguratively; firſt, by way of conceſſion; as if hee ſhould ſay, Though I ſhould hold …
With rule
2. Or figuratiuelyfiguratively; firſt, by way of conceſſion; as if hee ſhould ſay, Though I ſhould hold …
William Gouge · Exposition on John 5 · p. 98 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the eyes of the vnderſtanding: the ſecond by Gods drawing vs: both at leaſt figuratiuelyfiguratively by the opening of the eare, the opening of the heart, the taking away …
With rule
… the eyes of the vnderſtanding: the ſecond by Gods drawing vs: both at leaſt figuratiuelyfiguratively by the opening of the eare, the opening of the heart, the taking away …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 10 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

9 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.

Reims Against Rome A09287

Printed
FiguratiuelyFiguratively, ſay we. No, properly, ſay they. Heare now the Iudge in the like ſacramentall …
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FiguratiuelyFiguratively, ſay we. No, properly, ſay they. Heare now the Iudge in the like ſacramentall …
Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 25 · Open in the reader

Catechetical Exposition of Christian Doctrine A14092

Printed
A. FiguratiuelyFiguratively.
With rule
A. FiguratiuelyFiguratively.
William Twisse · Catechetical Exposition of Christian Doctrine · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
A. FiguratiuelyFiguratively.
With rule
A. FiguratiuelyFiguratively.
William Twisse · Catechetical Exposition of Christian Doctrine · p. 56 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
2 FiguratiuelyFiguratively: false Doctrine, errours, lyes, & haeresies, which (like bitter Wormwood) corrupt and poyson the sweete …
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2 FiguratiuelyFiguratively: false Doctrine, errours, lyes, & haeresies, which (like bitter Wormwood) corrupt and poyson the sweete …
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 169 · Open in the reader

An Exposition of the Lords Prayer A17326

Printed
1. FiguratiuelyFiguratively, for other things besides bread, as sometime for Christ himselfe, in Ioh. 6. 51.
With rule
1. FiguratiuelyFiguratively, for other things besides bread, as sometime for Christ himselfe, in Ioh. 6. 51.
William Burton · An Exposition of the Lords Prayer · p. 144 · Open in the reader

Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation A19563

Printed
… and the wordes spoaken in the institution of the Sacramentes in both the lawes: FiguratiuelyFiguratively, as concerning the Sacramentes, and without figure, as concerning the thinges by them promised …
With rule
… and the wordes spoaken in the institution of the Sacramentes in both the lawes: FiguratiuelyFiguratively, as concerning the Sacramentes, and without figure, as concerning the thinges by them promised …
Archishop Thomas Cranmer · Answer unto a Crafy and Sophistical Cavillation · p. 58 · Open in the reader

The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary A19670

Printed
… wayes that you ſay Chriſt is offered by man: are not worth the weighing. FiguratiuelyFiguratively (you ſaye) Chriſt is offered in the oblation of the olde Teſtament. Here, was …
With rule
… wayes that you ſay Chriſt is offered by man: are not worth the weighing. FiguratiuelyFiguratively (you ſaye) Chriſt is offered in the oblation of the olde Teſtament. Here, was …
Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · p. 97 · Open in the reader

The New Covenant A22472

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… many for remiſsion of ſinnes, we muſt vnderſtand the wordes literally as they lye. FiguratiuelyFiguratively, when the ſigne is giuen to the thing ſignified, and called by the name …
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… many for remiſsion of ſinnes, we muſt vnderſtand the wordes literally as they lye. FiguratiuelyFiguratively, when the ſigne is giuen to the thing ſignified, and called by the name …
William Attersoll · The New Covenant · p. 27 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Revelation A68061

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… it. What this garment is, in ſhewed, firſt, figuratiuelyfiguratively, and then in proper termes. FiguratiuelyFiguratively, it is fine linen pure and ſhining. This linen hath two properties. It is …
With rule
… it. What this garment is, in ſhewed, firſt, figuratiuelyfiguratively, and then in proper termes. FiguratiuelyFiguratively, it is fine linen pure and ſhining. This linen hath two properties. It is …
Patrick Forbes · Commentary Upon Revelation · p. 207 · Open in the reader