Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19350 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

approuesapproves

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

Puritas changed it: 145 times in 81 works
Consistency: 99.3% (145 of 146)
Reach if approved: ~153 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: approves
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 146 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (145 changes in 81 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 145)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… their owne names might not hinder the Papiſts from the reading thereof: Yet this approuesapproves not the changing of names, the more ſecurely to commit any villany, as was …
With rule
… their owne names might not hinder the Papiſts from the reading thereof: Yet this approuesapproves not the changing of names, the more ſecurely to commit any villany, as was …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 2 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then needs: Whereas a man that is sound-hearted, one that is perfect, hee approuesapproves it, hee sees an excellency in it, hee admires it in others, and would …
With rule
… then needs: Whereas a man that is sound-hearted, one that is perfect, hee approuesapproves it, hee sees an excellency in it, hee admires it in others, and would …
John Preston · The New Covenant · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… as himſelfe telleth one who asked him how he attained thereto.) Scripture it ſelfe approuesapproves of a godly Eloquence, let not vs deſpiſe it, but bleſſe God for ſuch …
With rule
… as himſelfe telleth one who asked him how he attained thereto.) Scripture it ſelfe approuesapproves of a godly Eloquence, let not vs deſpiſe it, but bleſſe God for ſuch …
Nehemiah Rogers · Sermon Preached at Second Triennial Visitation · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… indifferently minded; to become all vnto all. Ambroſe his moderation, what wiſe man but approuesapproves in externall Rites, to fit himſelfe to that Church; God ſhall call or occaſion …
With rule
… indifferently minded; to become all vnto all. Ambroſe his moderation, what wiſe man but approuesapproves in externall Rites, to fit himſelfe to that Church; God ſhall call or occaſion …
William Sclater · Exposition of 2 Thessalonians · p. 300 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which God approuesapproves not, when I spend a thought.
With rule
Which God approuesapproves not, when I spend a thought.
George Wither · Withers Motto · Open in the reader
Printed
… of our Lord and Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt, and the 5. Euangeliſt, and your ⁶ Cardinall Baronius approuesapproves of the Patriarks intitling of your Pope ſo. Now I would know, if Clemens …
With rule
… of our Lord and Sauiour Ieſus Chriſt, and the 5. Euangeliſt, and your ⁶ Cardinall Baronius approuesapproves of the Patriarks intitling of your Pope ſo. Now I would know, if Clemens …
Alexander Cooke · Work for a Mass-Priest · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Churches the like Images of theire Oxen, theire horſes and ſheepe. Polydor Virgil approuesapproves this ſuperſtition, and holds that to feare to imitate in this point the Pagans …
With rule
… the Churches the like Images of theire Oxen, theire horſes and ſheepe. Polydor Virgil approuesapproves this ſuperſtition, and holds that to feare to imitate in this point the Pagans …
Charles Drelincourt · The Root of Romish Rites and Ceremonies · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the admiration; But when he ſees the grace or acts of faith, he ſo approuesapproves them, that he is rauiſhed with wonder; Hee that reioyced in the view of …
With rule
… the admiration; But when he ſees the grace or acts of faith, he ſo approuesapproves them, that he is rauiſhed with wonder; Hee that reioyced in the view of …
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 490 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

Printed
… owne, with vſury; ſo the Lord for aduantage of his glory, by his gifts. ApprouesApproves he their practice? or rather vpbraydes our negligence, by compariſon drawne from mens courſes …
With rule
… owne, with vſury; ſo the Lord for aduantage of his glory, by his gifts. ApprouesApproves he their practice? or rather vpbraydes our negligence, by compariſon drawne from mens courſes …
William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 392 · Open in the reader