Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #213 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouertakenovertaken

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

Puritas changed it: 790 times in 273 works
Consistency: 100% (790 of 790)
Reach if approved: ~830 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overtaken
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 790 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (790 changes in 273 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 790)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… firſt followed, and applied with the firſt endeauour, that ſo if a man bee ouertakenovertaken by time, if any of his errands bee left vnfiniſhed, it may not be …
With rule
… firſt followed, and applied with the firſt endeauour, that ſo if a man bee ouertakenovertaken by time, if any of his errands bee left vnfiniſhed, it may not be …
Samuel Hieron · The Christians Life-Lode · p. 47 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thence & leſſe watchfull ouer himſelfe (as do many his like) and ſo was fowly ouertakenovertaken by Bathſhebas beauty, as alſo in pride numbred the people: ſo it was with …
With rule
… thence & leſſe watchfull ouer himſelfe (as do many his like) and ſo was fowly ouertakenovertaken by Bathſhebas beauty, as alſo in pride numbred the people: ſo it was with …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 268 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ought to handle thoſe that haue offended. Brethrē (ſayth he) if any mā be ouertakenovertaken w^t ſinne, do not trouble him or make him more ſorowful: be not bitter …
With rule
… ought to handle thoſe that haue offended. Brethrē (ſayth he) if any mā be ouertakenovertaken w^t ſinne, do not trouble him or make him more ſorowful: be not bitter …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
… places, without any chaunge of minde or withdrawing of the body, vntill they be ouertakenovertaken with ſome calamitie, or ouerthrowen by ſome iudgement of the Lord. For example, the …
With rule
… places, without any chaunge of minde or withdrawing of the body, vntill they be ouertakenovertaken with ſome calamitie, or ouerthrowen by ſome iudgement of the Lord. For example, the …
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 186 · Open in the reader
Printed
… by the Doctrine of aſſurance of ſaluation, when a poore weake Chriſtian hath beene ouertakenovertaken by ſome violent ſtorme of temptation, and commeth to the ſight of ſin, with …
With rule
… by the Doctrine of aſſurance of ſaluation, when a poore weake Chriſtian hath beene ouertakenovertaken by ſome violent ſtorme of temptation, and commeth to the ſight of ſin, with …
Richard Bernard · Reims Against Rome · p. 326 · Open in the reader
Printed
If any man bee ouertakenovertaken in a fault, ye which are spirituall restore such a one in the spirit …
With rule
If any man bee ouertakenovertaken in a fault, ye which are spirituall restore such a one in the spirit …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 330 · Open in the reader
Printed
… body: tongues that ranne nimbly through all the passages of obloquie, till they had ouertakenovertaken reproch it selfe, and cast it on him: His body at the full will …
With rule
… body: tongues that ranne nimbly through all the passages of obloquie, till they had ouertakenovertaken reproch it selfe, and cast it on him: His body at the full will …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſhall as ſurely oue…ake vs in iudgement, as the hand of Satan hath ouertakenovertaken vs in miſcariage vnto ſin.
With rule
… ſhall as ſurely oue…ake vs in iudgement, as the hand of Satan hath ouertakenovertaken vs in miſcariage vnto ſin.
Joseph Hall · History of the Old Testament Volume 5 · p. 302 · 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.