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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19216 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vndertakingundertaking

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

Puritas changed it
207 times in 127 works
Consistency
94.9% (207 of 218)
Reach if approved
~229 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: undertaking
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
218 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (207 changes in 127 works, 94.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 207)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    If a Surgeon ſhould come among vs and vndertakingundertaking to cure ſome deſperately diſeaſed perſon, ſhould make him fiſh whole (as we ſay …
    With rule
    If a Surgeon ſhould come among vs and vndertakingundertaking to cure ſome deſperately diſeaſed perſon, ſhould make him fiſh whole (as we ſay …

    Elnathan Parr · Exposition of Romans 8-11 · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … one Man and his familie. Which lamentable eſtate of our Church deterreth many from vndertakingundertaking that holy and honorable Function, vvho having ſufficient giftes, ſeeing the Miniſtry oppreſſed with …
    With rule
    … one Man and his familie. Which lamentable eſtate of our Church deterreth many from vndertakingundertaking that holy and honorable Function, vvho having ſufficient giftes, ſeeing the Miniſtry oppreſſed with …

    Gabriel Powel · The Papists Reasons of State and Religion · p. 127 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſee that wee did delight as well in rewarding as in puniſhing, and in vndertakingundertaking matters within our owne reach, as this is abſolutely vvithin our power. Our owne …
    With rule
    … ſee that wee did delight as well in rewarding as in puniſhing, and in vndertakingundertaking matters within our owne reach, as this is abſolutely vvithin our power. Our owne …

    Benjamin Rudyerd · Speech in Behalf of the Clergy 2 · p. 2 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … neglect frugality and moderation: 2. drinking, gluttony, wine tobacco: 3. building, purchasing, wardrobe: 4. suretiship, and rash vndertakingundertaking of others payments: 5. gaming, dicing, whoring: 6. vsurie. All which directly make against this rule …
    With rule
    … neglect frugality and moderation: 2. drinking, gluttony, wine tobacco: 3. building, purchasing, wardrobe: 4. suretiship, and rash vndertakingundertaking of others payments: 5. gaming, dicing, whoring: 6. vsurie. All which directly make against this rule …

    Thomas Taylor · Circumspect Walking · p. 130 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … second is, the fit collation and respondent relation of Diuinitie and Physicke; the one vndertakingundertaking to preserue and restore the health of the body, the other performing much more …
    With rule
    … second is, the fit collation and respondent relation of Diuinitie and Physicke; the one vndertakingundertaking to preserue and restore the health of the body, the other performing much more …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 211 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    She ſhutteth the booke vp, vndertakingundertaking to doe that which he enioyneth: but knowing her owne vnability prayeth him to …
    With rule
    She ſhutteth the booke vp, vndertakingundertaking to doe that which he enioyneth: but knowing her owne vnability prayeth him to …

    Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 74 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … earnestly to God, for the States of the Realme, now assembled in Parliament. Ester vndertakingundertaking a businesse that did much concerne the whole Church (as they now assembled in …
    With rule
    … earnestly to God, for the States of the Realme, now assembled in Parliament. Ester vndertakingundertaking a businesse that did much concerne the whole Church (as they now assembled in …

    Arthur Hildersham · Lectures Upon John 4 · p. 247 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … the reader shall reape such resolution thereby, that some shall thereby be staid from vndertakingundertaking that hard and dangerous voyage of Separation, from the which so few haue euer …
    With rule
    … the reader shall reape such resolution thereby, that some shall thereby be staid from vndertakingundertaking that hard and dangerous voyage of Separation, from the which so few haue euer …

    Christopher Lawne · Brownish Turn Inside Outward · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 10 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Circumspect Walking A13534

  • Printed
    VndertakingUndertaking.
    With rule
    VndertakingUndertaking.

    Thomas Taylor · Circumspect Walking · Open in the reader