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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #241 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

peruertedperverted

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

Puritas changed it
818 times in 339 works
Consistency
99.7% (818 of 820)
Reach if approved
~862 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: perverted
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
820 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (818 changes in 339 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 818)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … piercingly, Non sic didicistis Christum. Yee haue not so learned Iesus Christ. Art thou peruertedperverted? thou neuer learnedst this of Christ. Let no man say when hee is tempted …
    With rule
    … piercingly, Non sic didicistis Christum. Yee haue not so learned Iesus Christ. Art thou peruertedperverted? thou neuer learnedst this of Christ. Let no man say when hee is tempted …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 353 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … a booke: this sentence I may confirme by manie testimonies of scripture, that no peruertedperverted spirit can gainesay or resist: the scripture teacheth vs euery where, that in praying …
    With rule
    … a booke: this sentence I may confirme by manie testimonies of scripture, that no peruertedperverted spirit can gainesay or resist: the scripture teacheth vs euery where, that in praying …

    John Greenwood · Answer to Giffords Defense of Read Prayers · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ambytyouse Auarice he hath made Gods commaundemēts of non effecte, and with hypocrytycall doctryne peruertedperverted Christes moste holye Gospell. Thys is wele knowne to al men. How commeth than …
    With rule
    … ambytyouse Auarice he hath made Gods commaundemēts of non effecte, and with hypocrytycall doctryne peruertedperverted Christes moste holye Gospell. Thys is wele knowne to al men. How commeth than …

    John Bale · An Expostulation Against the Blasphemies of a Frantic Papist · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … c. Laſtly, whatſoeuer God hath ſanctified to a proper end is not to bee peruertedperverted to a worſe, Matth. 21. 12. 13. But God hath ſanctified Lots to a proper end, namely …
    With rule
    … c. Laſtly, whatſoeuer God hath ſanctified to a proper end is not to bee peruertedperverted to a worſe, Matth. 21. 12. 13. But God hath ſanctified Lots to a proper end, namely …

    James Balmford · Reply to Answers of Mr Gataker · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … performeth the wordes of his true messē gers: his iustice and order cannot be peruertedperverted. The Sunne keepeth hys ordiuary course, and …eapeth not back from the West to …
    With rule
    … performeth the wordes of his true messē gers: his iustice and order cannot be peruertedperverted. The Sunne keepeth hys ordiuary course, and …eapeth not back from the West to …

    John Knox · An Admonition to the Faithful in London · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Mother Churches, as they were in the Primitiue Times; much lesse, either refused or peruertedperverted any part of parcell of the Canonicall Scriptures, by addition or detraction? Wee attribute …
    With rule
    … Mother Churches, as they were in the Primitiue Times; much lesse, either refused or peruertedperverted any part of parcell of the Canonicall Scriptures, by addition or detraction? Wee attribute …

    Daniel Featley · The Romish Fisher Caught and Held in his Own Net · p. 34 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    If the copie of your title, as it came to my hande, was not peruertedperverted, you shewe your self in your title, to bee a very peruerse▪ and froward …
    With rule
    If the copie of your title, as it came to my hande, was not peruertedperverted, you shewe your self in your title, to bee a very peruerse▪ and froward …

    William Fulke · A Confutation of a Popish and Slanderous Libel · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    The Priestes of peruertedperverted Israel, were but shadows of these of apostate Rome: As Theeues waite for a …
    With rule
    The Priestes of peruertedperverted Israel, were but shadows of these of apostate Rome: As Theeues waite for a …

    Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 13 · 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.

The Whole Armor of God A01979

  • Printed
    3 PeruertedPerverted, and that two wayes, Firſt, by taking that literally which is meant figuratiuely, as …
    With rule
    3 PeruertedPerverted, and that two wayes, Firſt, by taking that literally which is meant figuratiuely, as …

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 332 · Open in the reader

Commentary Upon Philemon A22481

  • Printed
    … be deſpiſed and contemned. He went away Vnprofitable, he returned Profitable; he went away PeruertedPerverted, he returned Conuerted; hee went away a Seruant, he returned a Brother. Before he …
    With rule
    … be deſpiſed and contemned. He went away Vnprofitable, he returned Profitable; he went away PeruertedPerverted, he returned Conuerted; hee went away a Seruant, he returned a Brother. Before he …

    William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · Open in the reader