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ouerrulingoverruling

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

Puritas changed it
87 times in 55 works
Consistency
100% (87 of 87)
Reach if approved
~91 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: overruling
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
87 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (87 changes in 55 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 87)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … be ſober minded; graec. ſophronein: id eſt, temperantes eſſe. Now temperancie is a vertue ouerrulingoverruling all luſts, and inordinate appetites, ſubdewing them to the Lawe of God, or godly …
    With rule
    … be ſober minded; graec. ſophronein: id eſt, temperantes eſſe. Now temperancie is a vertue ouerrulingoverruling all luſts, and inordinate appetites, ſubdewing them to the Lawe of God, or godly …

    Thomas Granger · Commentary on Ecclesiastes · p. 312 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … subsisting: beeing first in order hauing all other causes vnder it, and most principall, ouerrulingoverruling all, ouerruled by none.
    With rule
    … subsisting: beeing first in order hauing all other causes vnder it, and most principall, ouerrulingoverruling all, ouerruled by none.

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … commons. vvhose Christian honorable, healthful, ioyful, peaceful, and long, souereigne raigne without all superior ouerrulingoverruling commander, especially french, namely Monsieur, the king of kings hold on, to his glory …
    With rule
    … commons. vvhose Christian honorable, healthful, ioyful, peaceful, and long, souereigne raigne without all superior ouerrulingoverruling commander, especially french, namely Monsieur, the king of kings hold on, to his glory …

    John Stubbes · England to be Swallowed by Another French Marriage · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … well, another ill. But as commaunding Authoritie was the cauſe of the former ſo ouerrulingoverruling importunitie, hath effected the latter, and now like an infant new borne, my Bowe …
    With rule
    … well, another ill. But as commaunding Authoritie was the cauſe of the former ſo ouerrulingoverruling importunitie, hath effected the latter, and now like an infant new borne, my Bowe …

    Immanuel Bourne · The Rainbow · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … horſes ſet to a chariot do ouerturne the ſame: So vnbridled and vnmortified affections ouerrulingoverruling the vnderſtanding, doo cleane ouerthrow a good Conſcience.
    With rule
    … horſes ſet to a chariot do ouerturne the ſame: So vnbridled and vnmortified affections ouerrulingoverruling the vnderſtanding, doo cleane ouerthrow a good Conſcience.

    Robert Cawdrey · A Treasury of Similes · p. 102 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … ſo the common people might haue occaſion to imagine, that looke what power of ouerrulingoverruling and commanding the Mother hath ouer her little child, the ſame hath ſhe ouer …
    With rule
    … ſo the common people might haue occaſion to imagine, that looke what power of ouerrulingoverruling and commanding the Mother hath ouer her little child, the ſame hath ſhe ouer …

    William Crashaw · The Jesuits Gospel 2 · p. 30 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … no more certaintie of deſired ſucceſſe, one vndoing that which another hath done, and ouerrulingoverruling that as vniuſt, which another hath determined to be iuſt and equall.
    With rule
    … no more certaintie of deſired ſucceſſe, one vndoing that which another hath done, and ouerrulingoverruling that as vniuſt, which another hath determined to be iuſt and equall.

    John Downame · Four Treatises Dissuading from Four Heinous and Common Sins · p. 221 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … hee haue giuen them their influences from heauen, yet hath he the guyding and ouerrulingoverruling of them ſtill. And for proofe hereof, the Planets moue all yeeres alike: and …
    With rule
    … hee haue giuen them their influences from heauen, yet hath he the guyding and ouerrulingoverruling of them ſtill. And for proofe hereof, the Planets moue all yeeres alike: and …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 769 · 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.