Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19421 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

circumuentcircumvent

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

Puritas changed it: 122 times in 75 works
Consistency: 100% (122 of 122)
Reach if approved: ~128 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: circumvent
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 122 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (122 changes in 75 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 122)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… then by resisting in vaine, to prouoke God any more against them. But to circumuentcircumvent those men by fraude and vnlawfull crafte, whose fauour they humbly desired, it was …
With rule
… then by resisting in vaine, to prouoke God any more against them. But to circumuentcircumvent those men by fraude and vnlawfull crafte, whose fauour they humbly desired, it was …
John Calvin · Commentary on Joshua · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
circumuentcircumvent, to cloſe in, to deceiue, or intrap craftily.
With rule
circumuentcircumvent, to cloſe in, to deceiue, or intrap craftily.
Robert Cawdrey · Hard English Words Borrowed from Hebrew Greek Latin or French etc · Open in the reader
Printed
… thus haue I ſhewed at large Sathans firſt polliticke ſtratagem, which he vſeth to circumuentcircumvent vs by fitting his temptations according to our nature and diſpoſition, or our ſtate …
With rule
… thus haue I ſhewed at large Sathans firſt polliticke ſtratagem, which he vſeth to circumuentcircumvent vs by fitting his temptations according to our nature and diſpoſition, or our ſtate …
John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 1 · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… politicians of this world, & that he who can prouide for himselfe, preuent his enemie, circumuentcircumvent his friend, and see furthest into the affayres of this world, he is the …
With rule
… politicians of this world, & that he who can prouide for himselfe, preuent his enemie, circumuentcircumvent his friend, and see furthest into the affayres of this world, he is the …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 414 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in all ages, and ſpecially in theſe latter times many fetches and deuiſes to circumuentcircumvent & to catch in a ſnare the Lords annointed, but the prouidence of god hath …
With rule
… in all ages, and ſpecially in theſe latter times many fetches and deuiſes to circumuentcircumvent & to catch in a ſnare the Lords annointed, but the prouidence of god hath …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 170 · Open in the reader
Printed
… liberall or prodigall perſons oftentimes. Let therfore, as the Apoſtle exhorteth, none oppreſſe or circumuentcircumvent his brother in any matter, ſeeing the Lord is the reuenger of all theſe …
With rule
… liberall or prodigall perſons oftentimes. Let therfore, as the Apoſtle exhorteth, none oppreſſe or circumuentcircumvent his brother in any matter, ſeeing the Lord is the reuenger of all theſe …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
… is condemned in the 1. Thessa. 4. where it is sayd, Let no man defraude or circumuentcircumvent his brethren in any thing.
With rule
… is condemned in the 1. Thessa. 4. where it is sayd, Let no man defraude or circumuentcircumvent his brethren in any thing.
Henry Smith · The Examination of Usury · p. 19 · Open in the reader
Printed
… cruel with sweete alluring words shal deceiue the simple, and that the subtil shal circumuentcircumvent vnder the cloake of simplicitie, and that he, which imagineth most wickedlye, shal in …
With rule
… cruel with sweete alluring words shal deceiue the simple, and that the subtil shal circumuentcircumvent vnder the cloake of simplicitie, and that he, which imagineth most wickedlye, shal in …
John Calvin · Harmony of the Gospels · p. 333 · Open in the reader

Read-only. Sign in as a reviewer to approve or dismiss candidates.

Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (0)

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