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vnfoldunfold

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

Puritas changed it
158 times in 115 works
Consistency
99.3% (158 of 159)
Reach if approved
~167 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: unfold
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
159 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (158 changes in 115 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 158)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of the other, into a basen of water, that so seeming by chaunce to vnfoldunfold first, he may, thereby supposing himselfe miraculously discouered, be induced to confesse it.
    With rule
    … of the other, into a basen of water, that so seeming by chaunce to vnfoldunfold first, he may, thereby supposing himselfe miraculously discouered, be induced to confesse it.

    Thomas Gataker · Nature and Use of Lots · p. 348 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … commeth to be vnited with vs by beliefe. To open theſe two things which vnfoldunfold and proue the point of Catechiſme in …and; meate, though it haue a force …
    With rule
    … commeth to be vnited with vs by beliefe. To open theſe two things which vnfoldunfold and proue the point of Catechiſme in …and; meate, though it haue a force …

    Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 176 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … viz. the 9. 10. and 11. wherein I haue endeuoured plainly to open the words; diligently to vnfoldunfold the Argument; briefely to compriſe the doctrine; and (being euidently proued) liuelily to apply …
    With rule
    … viz. the 9. 10. and 11. wherein I haue endeuoured plainly to open the words; diligently to vnfoldunfold the Argument; briefely to compriſe the doctrine; and (being euidently proued) liuelily to apply …

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

  4. Printed
    … of them practise diuination with the leaues of the Teiltree, which they fold and vnfoldunfold in their hands. The King, when at any time he falleth sicke, sendeth for …
    With rule
    … of them practise diuination with the leaues of the Teiltree, which they fold and vnfoldunfold in their hands. The King, when at any time he falleth sicke, sendeth for …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 333 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … it aright for the direction of our Consciences and Actions; wee must of necessitie vnfoldunfold the extent of this word, euill, and consider the seuerall kinds and degrees of …
    With rule
    … it aright for the direction of our Consciences and Actions; wee must of necessitie vnfoldunfold the extent of this word, euill, and consider the seuerall kinds and degrees of …

    Robert Sanderson · Two Sermons Preached at Several Visitations · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the eye all the worke that is in it; I thought it neceſſarie to vnfoldunfold this tapeſtrie, & to hang vp the whole chamber of it in your moſt Honorable …
    With rule
    … the eye all the worke that is in it; I thought it neceſſarie to vnfoldunfold this tapeſtrie, & to hang vp the whole chamber of it in your moſt Honorable …

    Walter Travers · Supplication to the Privy Council · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Nabuchadnezzer called all his wise men together, to vnfoldunfold the secret of his dreame, but they could doe him no good: by which …
    With rule
    Nabuchadnezzer called all his wise men together, to vnfoldunfold the secret of his dreame, but they could doe him no good: by which …

    Andrew Willet · Commentary on Daniel · p. 144 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of their Churches (or, as they had rather ſay, of their congregations) let them vnfoldunfold the order of their Biſhops or ſuperintendents, ſo running downe by ſucceſſions, that the …
    With rule
    … of their Churches (or, as they had rather ſay, of their congregations) let them vnfoldunfold the order of their Biſhops or ſuperintendents, ſo running downe by ſucceſſions, that the …

    Anthony Wotton · A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church · p. 295 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

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