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deuoureddevoured

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

Puritas changed it
1,011 times in 432 works
Consistency
99.7% (1,011 of 1,014)
Reach if approved
~1,065 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: devoured
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,014 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,011 changes in 432 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,011)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … of ye ſkin of their backs and ye fleſhe of their bones. You haue deuoureddevoured thee fleſh of my people & plucked their ſkin from of them, and haue broken …
    With rule
    … of ye ſkin of their backs and ye fleſhe of their bones. You haue deuoureddevoured thee fleſh of my people & plucked their ſkin from of them, and haue broken …

    Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … heere to my minde; Time was, Religion did eate vp Polici…, and the Church deuoureddevoured the Common-wealth, but now, Polici… eates vp religion, & the Common-wealth deuoures the …
    With rule
    … heere to my minde; Time was, Religion did eate vp Polici…, and the Church deuoureddevoured the Common-wealth, but now, Polici… eates vp religion, & the Common-wealth deuoures the …

    Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · p. 20 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … So w…e the Ie…es after Christs Ascension, by the mercilesse Romans cruelly deuoureddevoured, yea, death and the graue by Christs Resurrectio… were swallowed vp in victory, Hos …
    With rule
    … So w…e the Ie…es after Christs Ascension, by the mercilesse Romans cruelly deuoureddevoured, yea, death and the graue by Christs Resurrectio… were swallowed vp in victory, Hos …

    William Guild · Moses Unveiled · p. 178 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … coddes and ſwaddes with other lyke purueaunce, the great ſwyne had not ſo gredelye deuoureddevoured hym.
    With rule
    … coddes and ſwaddes with other lyke purueaunce, the great ſwyne had not ſo gredelye deuoureddevoured hym.

    John Bale · A Disclosing or Opening of the Man of Sin · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … blockiſhnes and priuation of ſenſe we reade in the wicked Iſraelites; who though ſtrangers deuoureddevoured their ſtrength; and this was no ſmall affliction; yea, though gray haires were here …
    With rule
    … blockiſhnes and priuation of ſenſe we reade in the wicked Iſraelites; who though ſtrangers deuoureddevoured their ſtrength; and this was no ſmall affliction; yea, though gray haires were here …

    Robert Horne · A Caveat to Prevent Future Judgments · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Serpent, the Sorcerers doe the like: but yet they fall short, for Moses rod deuoureddevoured all theirs. Must Abraham sacrifice his Sonne to the God of Heauen? Agamemnon must …
    With rule
    … Serpent, the Sorcerers doe the like: but yet they fall short, for Moses rod deuoureddevoured all theirs. Must Abraham sacrifice his Sonne to the God of Heauen? Agamemnon must …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 113 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … intus vel foris māserit, by putting off, by spuing vp whatsoeuer their couetousnes hath deuoureddevoured. Nature shal turn thē out naked & empty. Thus the righteous eateth, to the satisfying …
    With rule
    … intus vel foris māserit, by putting off, by spuing vp whatsoeuer their couetousnes hath deuoureddevoured. Nature shal turn thē out naked & empty. Thus the righteous eateth, to the satisfying …

    Thomas Adams · Englands Sickness Compared to Israels · p. 76 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … became flesh; and is therefore to be longed a…ter for life, to be deuoureddevoured by the hearing, chewed by the vnderstanding, and digested by faith. Heere is the …
    With rule
    … became flesh; and is therefore to be longed a…ter for life, to be deuoureddevoured by the hearing, chewed by the vnderstanding, and digested by faith. Heere is the …

    Thomas Gataker · Discussion of the Popish Doctrine of Transubstantiation · p. 208 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

A Christian Dictionary A15520

  • Printed
    4 To wast and spend ryotously. Luke. 15, 30. He hath DeuouredDevoured thy goods with Harlots.
    With rule
    4 To wast and spend ryotously. Luke. 15, 30. He hath DeuouredDevoured thy goods with Harlots.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 100 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … is written. Reuel. 16, 21. and Ezekiell 38, 19. Reue. 20, 9. Fire came downe from Heauen from God, and DeuouredDevoured them.
    With rule
    … is written. Reuel. 16, 21. and Ezekiell 38, 19. Reue. 20, 9. Fire came downe from Heauen from God, and DeuouredDevoured them.

    Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 35 · Open in the reader