Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #201 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

preuentedprevented

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

Puritas changed it: 1,235 times in 481 works
Consistency: 99.6% (1,235 of 1,240)
Reach if approved: ~1,303 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prevented
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,240 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,235 changes in 481 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,235)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… croſſe beſt improued, and Satan (who loues to fiſh in ſuch troubled waters) moſt preuentedprevented; and ſo farre this vſe.
With rule
… croſſe beſt improued, and Satan (who loues to fiſh in ſuch troubled waters) moſt preuentedprevented; and ſo farre this vſe.
Robert Harris · Samuels Funeral · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… toke councell how he mighte restore againe the mariage of the clergie: but beinge preuentedprevented by death he coulde not attaine to his purpose.
With rule
… toke councell how he mighte restore againe the mariage of the clergie: but beinge preuentedprevented by death he coulde not attaine to his purpose.
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… higheſt to the loweſt with true repentance, that thy iudgementes preſent & imminent may be preuentedprevented & remoued, thy mercies ſtil continued to vs, & our poſterity after vs, eſpecially in the …
With rule
… higheſt to the loweſt with true repentance, that thy iudgementes preſent & imminent may be preuentedprevented & remoued, thy mercies ſtil continued to vs, & our poſterity after vs, eſpecially in the …
Robert Hill · Christs Prayer Expounded · Open in the reader
Printed
Loe, the successe of these stollen waters. You heare their nature: time hath preuentedprevented their sweetnesse. God of his mercie, that hath giuen vs his Word to enforme …
With rule
Loe, the successe of these stollen waters. You heare their nature: time hath preuentedprevented their sweetnesse. God of his mercie, that hath giuen vs his Word to enforme …
Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 87 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whereof her maiestie and her honourable councell are priuie, and by Gods grace haue preuentedprevented them) declare that the onely remedie which Papistes séeke, is by prayer to God …
With rule
… whereof her maiestie and her honourable councell are priuie, and by Gods grace haue preuentedprevented them) declare that the onely remedie which Papistes séeke, is by prayer to God …
William Fulke · A Brief Confutation of a Popish Discourse · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… selfe, then God is pitifull, & will remoue his reuengement from him, that by penaunce preuentedprevented his iudgement. Thus we see this father so to measure the paine and punishment …
With rule
… selfe, then God is pitifull, & will remoue his reuengement from him, that by penaunce preuentedprevented his iudgement. Thus we see this father so to measure the paine and punishment …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 79 · Open in the reader
Printed
… study thy selfe. How sweet a rest doth that night bring, whose sleepe is preuentedprevented with a recognition of our selues!
With rule
… study thy selfe. How sweet a rest doth that night bring, whose sleepe is preuentedprevented with a recognition of our selues!
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 291 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Conscience is: Secondly wee will teach howe this trouble of minde may be preuentedprevented and auoyded: Lastly we will set down how Gods children faling in some measure …
With rule
… of Conscience is: Secondly wee will teach howe this trouble of minde may be preuentedprevented and auoyded: Lastly we will set down how Gods children faling in some measure …
Richard Greenham · Comfort for All Those Afflicted in Conscience · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

4 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 Retractive from the Romish Religion A06106

Printed
PreuentedPrevented well thou haſt the letter that doth kill:
With rule
PreuentedPrevented well thou haſt the letter that doth kill:
Thomas Beard · A Retractive from the Romish Religion · p. 368 · Open in the reader

Abuses Stripped and Whipped A15623

Printed
PreuentedPrevented danger that might else haue bin.
With rule
PreuentedPrevented danger that might else haue bin.
George Wither · Abuses Stripped and Whipped · Open in the reader

Commentary on Galatians A17646

Printed
… lenitie. Hee commendeth gentleneſſe aboute correcting our bretheren, with another argument, when he ſaith, PreuentedPrevented, for they that are fallen vnaware, or circumuēted by deceite, to deale too hardly …
With rule
… lenitie. Hee commendeth gentleneſſe aboute correcting our bretheren, with another argument, when he ſaith, PreuentedPrevented, for they that are fallen vnaware, or circumuēted by deceite, to deale too hardly …
John Calvin · Commentary on Galatians · p. 135 · Open in the reader

Sermon Upon Romans 12:3-8 A18346

Printed
PreuentedPrevented conspiracies. ibid.
With rule
PreuentedPrevented conspiracies. ibid.
Laurence Chaderton · Sermon Upon Romans 12:3-8 · Open in the reader