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cleauescleaves

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

Puritas changed it
134 times in 75 works
Consistency
100% (134 of 134)
Reach if approved
~141 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: cleaves
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
134 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (134 changes in 75 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 134)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … It is one thing to ſay (as we do) that ſinne by our corruption cleauescleaves faſt to our beſt works, another thing to auouch (as you falſly charge vs …
    With rule
    … It is one thing to ſay (as we do) that ſinne by our corruption cleauescleaves faſt to our beſt works, another thing to auouch (as you falſly charge vs …

    Anthony Wotton · A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church · p. 343 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in such things as other men doe not w…. There is a secret vexatiō cleauescleaves vnto mans estate, that their hearts runne vpon such thing… which cannot be had …
    With rule
    … in such things as other men doe not w…. There is a secret vexatiō cleauescleaves vnto mans estate, that their hearts runne vpon such thing… which cannot be had …

    Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · p. 700 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … I call Priuatiue, becauſe it conſiſteth in taking away of that curſe which naturally cleauescleaves to all afflictions: For as death, ſo alſo all other afflictions haue their ſting …
    With rule
    … I call Priuatiue, becauſe it conſiſteth in taking away of that curſe which naturally cleauescleaves to all afflictions: For as death, ſo alſo all other afflictions haue their ſting …

    Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 366 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … Iewe by profession in what moment of hower soeuer he forsakes his Iudaisme and cleauescleaves to the Messias, at the same very moment is he no longer a Iewe …
    With rule
    … Iewe by profession in what moment of hower soeuer he forsakes his Iudaisme and cleauescleaves to the Messias, at the same very moment is he no longer a Iewe …

    Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 101 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of people. Tell brings with him …wo arrowes, shootes one, and by Gods direction cleauescleaves the apple, hurts not the child, and saues his …wne life. The multitude giue …
    With rule
    … of people. Tell brings with him …wo arrowes, shootes one, and by Gods direction cleauescleaves the apple, hurts not the child, and saues his …wne life. The multitude giue …

    William Loe · The Kings Shoe · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … perfect loue, and perfect faith: this sinne all men will condemne, and yet it cleauescleaves fast to euery man by nature. The Church of Laodicea, Reuel. 3. 17. said shee was …
    With rule
    … perfect loue, and perfect faith: this sinne all men will condemne, and yet it cleauescleaves fast to euery man by nature. The Church of Laodicea, Reuel. 3. 17. said shee was …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · p. 426 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … whom thou ioyneſt thy ſelfe by this communion, but ſo faſt as thy heart cleauescleaves to it, ſo faſt will it cleaue to thee againe. Wherefore reioyceth Paul with …
    With rule
    … whom thou ioyneſt thy ſelfe by this communion, but ſo faſt as thy heart cleauescleaves to it, ſo faſt will it cleaue to thee againe. Wherefore reioyceth Paul with …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 7 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … from our ill nature, not from wealth it ſelfe, ſeeing this corruption of nature cleauescleaves to our ſoule, as faſt as the skinne to the fleſh, and wee ſhall …
    With rule
    … from our ill nature, not from wealth it ſelfe, ſeeing this corruption of nature cleauescleaves to our ſoule, as faſt as the skinne to the fleſh, and wee ſhall …

    William Whately · A Caveat for the Covetous · p. 118 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

None: wherever Puritas had this word on its own, it changed it.