Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #19542 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouershotovershot

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

Puritas changed it: 95 times in 49 works
Consistency: 97.9% (95 of 97)
Reach if approved: ~102 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overshot
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 97 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (95 changes in 49 works, 97.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 95)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… in wine, Leſt they drinke and forget the decree &c: ſeeing otherwiſe they being ouerſhotovershot, may ſo for the time looſe their wits, as that they neither can remember …
With rule
… in wine, Leſt they drinke and forget the decree &c: ſeeing otherwiſe they being ouerſhotovershot, may ſo for the time looſe their wits, as that they neither can remember …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 309 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he who made the golden legend,) but also graue, ancient, learned, holy Fathers haue ouershotovershot them selues in writing miracles of Saintes: partly while they fetched the truth, where …
With rule
… he who made the golden legend,) but also graue, ancient, learned, holy Fathers haue ouershotovershot them selues in writing miracles of Saintes: partly while they fetched the truth, where …
John Rainolds · Conference Between Rainolds and Hart · p. 494 · Open in the reader
Printed
… would so feede vp their hearts, as they should not after bethinke themselues as ouershotovershot in leauing all things for his sake. Yea further, this course will be a …
With rule
… would so feede vp their hearts, as they should not after bethinke themselues as ouershotovershot in leauing all things for his sake. Yea further, this course will be a …
Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of all the Apoſtles ſhewed that the ſcoffers and contemners of God were greatly ouerſhotovershot, to ſcorne and ieſt at ſuch a myracle which they manifeſtly ſaw before their …
With rule
… of all the Apoſtles ſhewed that the ſcoffers and contemners of God were greatly ouerſhotovershot, to ſcorne and ieſt at ſuch a myracle which they manifeſtly ſaw before their …
John Calvin · Sermons on Divinity Humanity and Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Sea be gathered together, to make prouiſion for them▪ As if God had ouerſhotovershot himſelfe, in making them ſuch a large promiſe, as he would not be able …
With rule
… the Sea be gathered together, to make prouiſion for them▪ As if God had ouerſhotovershot himſelfe, in making them ſuch a large promiſe, as he would not be able …
Robert Cleaver · Three Sermons Upon Mark 9:22-23 · p. 22 · Open in the reader
Printed
… befell the Fathers, who in their zealous detestation of heresies, haue in their disputations ouershotovershot themselues, sometimes, and gone too farre on the other side. As Clemens was so …
With rule
… befell the Fathers, who in their zealous detestation of heresies, haue in their disputations ouershotovershot themselues, sometimes, and gone too farre on the other side. As Clemens was so …
Daniel Dyke · The Mystery of Self-Deceiving · p. 265 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt firſt killeth thoſe whom it maketh aliue. For this cauſe men are greatlye ouerſhotovershot oftentimes, when they come vnto a ſicke man, they thinke if he ſay, I …
With rule
… Chriſt firſt killeth thoſe whom it maketh aliue. For this cauſe men are greatlye ouerſhotovershot oftentimes, when they come vnto a ſicke man, they thinke if he ſay, I …
George Gifford · Certain Points of Religion · Open in the reader
Printed
… foolish, that dreamed of a day, which was denied them. Luk. 12. the rich man ouershotovershot himselfe, and was preuented contrarie to his account: It is the vsuall complaint of …
With rule
… foolish, that dreamed of a day, which was denied them. Luk. 12. the rich man ouershotovershot himselfe, and was preuented contrarie to his account: It is the vsuall complaint of …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 659 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

2 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.

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
There is no ſtay with menne, when they haue once OuerſhotOvershot them ſelues. 58. a 52. 685. b 50. 725. a 10.
With rule
There is no ſtay with menne, when they haue once OuerſhotOvershot them ſelues. 58. a 52. 685. b 50. 725. a 10.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader
Printed
Iobs friendes OuerſhotOvershot them ſelues. 68. b 53.
With rule
Iobs friendes OuerſhotOvershot them ſelues. 68. b 53.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader