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vnderstandunderstand

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

Puritas changed it
18,506 times in 1,194 works
Consistency
99.9% (18,506 of 18,523)
Reach if approved
~19,467 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: understand
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
18,527 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (18,506 changes in 1,194 works, 99.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 18,506)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Monogam, maketh mention of Infulas, the vpper garment of the Priest. But he might vnderstandunderstand Tertullian (if he were disposed) to vse that terme but in derision of them …
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    … Monogam, maketh mention of Infulas, the vpper garment of the Priest. But he might vnderstandunderstand Tertullian (if he were disposed) to vse that terme but in derision of them …

    William Fulke · Two Popish Heretics Confuted · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    Which yet we are not so to vnderstandunderstand, neither the former part, as if worldly wealth, and riches and possessions were not …
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    Which yet we are not so to vnderstandunderstand, neither the former part, as if worldly wealth, and riches and possessions were not …

    Thomas Gataker · Two Marriage Sermons · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Here we must vnderstandunderstand it of word & example: 1, so as that we must speak things of instruction to …
    With rule
    Here we must vnderstandunderstand it of word & example: 1, so as that we must speak things of instruction to …

    George Estey · Exposition Upon the Ten Commandments · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … hands, a Latine Copy, of the enſuing Parallell drawne, (as I am giuen to vnderſtandunderstand) by two Engliſh Diuines, at the requeſt, and for the ſatisfaction of a forraigne …
    With rule
    … hands, a Latine Copy, of the enſuing Parallell drawne, (as I am giuen to vnderſtandunderstand) by two Engliſh Diuines, at the requeſt, and for the ſatisfaction of a forraigne …

    Daniel Featley · Pelagius Raked out of the Ashes by Arminius and his Scholars · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … in fee ſimple, entred, &c. becauſe in theſe caſes the Lay people doe wel vnderſtandunderstand that he is no diſſeiſor: & therefore in theſe and in al other like, the …
    With rule
    … in fee ſimple, entred, &c. becauſe in theſe caſes the Lay people doe wel vnderſtandunderstand that he is no diſſeiſor: & therefore in theſe and in al other like, the …

    Henry Finch · Law · p. 381 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … the Apoſt. in the 3. to the Ephe. ver. 4. 5. 6. ſaying: When you read you may vnderstandunderstand my knowledge in the miſtery of Christ, vvhich in other ages vvas not made …
    With rule
    … the Apoſt. in the 3. to the Ephe. ver. 4. 5. 6. ſaying: When you read you may vnderstandunderstand my knowledge in the miſtery of Christ, vvhich in other ages vvas not made …

    John Forbes · Sermon on 1 Timothy 2:4 · p. 15 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … prophesie, and to anoynt the holie of holie ones. Thou shalt therefore knowe and vnderstandunderstand, from the going out of the commaundement of the returne and buylding againe of …
    With rule
    … prophesie, and to anoynt the holie of holie ones. Thou shalt therefore knowe and vnderstandunderstand, from the going out of the commaundement of the returne and buylding againe of …

    John Foxe · A Sermon Preached at the Christening of a Jew · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … breade. Where you aske what is Hebrew, Greeke, or Latine, for hell: you must vnderstandunderstand, that if you speake of a proper word, for those inuisible places, wherein the …
    With rule
    … breade. Where you aske what is Hebrew, Greeke, or Latine, for hell: you must vnderstandunderstand, that if you speake of a proper word, for those inuisible places, wherein the …

    William Fulke · Defense of the Translations of the Scriptures into the English Tongue · p. 225 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (17)

13 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 4 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of Ecclesiastes A06504

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    VNderſtandUnderstand all theſe thinges of mans wayes and intentes. Thus hee meaneth, I thought by …
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    VNderſtandUnderstand all theſe thinges of mans wayes and intentes. Thus hee meaneth, I thought by …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    VNderſtandUnderstand all theſe thinges actiuely as before, that is to ſay: the benefits they did …
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    VNderſtandUnderstand all theſe thinges actiuely as before, that is to ſay: the benefits they did …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    VNderſtandUnderstand, this tyme to be not onely the very end of life, but euery hower …
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    VNderſtandUnderstand, this tyme to be not onely the very end of life, but euery hower …

    Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · p. 154 · Open in the reader

A Golden Chain A09339

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    VNderstandUnderstand this conclusion as the former, namely, that griefe of heart for the want of …
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    VNderstandUnderstand this conclusion as the former, namely, that griefe of heart for the want of …

    William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 1053 · Open in the reader

The Christians Alphabet A09597

  • Printed
    VNderstandUnderstand that the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, is when bread and wine representing the …
    With rule
    VNderstandUnderstand that the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, is when bread and wine representing the …

    John Phillips · The Christians Alphabet · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    A. VNderstandUnderstand that the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, is when bread and wine representing the …
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    A. VNderstandUnderstand that the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, is when bread and wine representing the …

    John Phillips · The Christians Alphabet · p. 164 · Open in the reader

A Short Explanation of Hebrews A20414

  • Printed
    6. In joyning the Doctrine of Fayth, as the next poynct, HEE GIVETH VS TO VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, That it is as necessarie a ground of Religion, to teach a penitent to …
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    6. In joyning the Doctrine of Fayth, as the next poynct, HEE GIVETH VS TO VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, That it is as necessarie a ground of Religion, to teach a penitent to …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 85 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … nature, or from the ordinance of Moses Lawe, NVMB. XXXV. vers. 6. GIVETH VS TO VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, 1. That everie true Believer, of necessitie, must be… sensible of his owne sinnes, and …
    With rule
    … nature, or from the ordinance of Moses Lawe, NVMB. XXXV. vers. 6. GIVETH VS TO VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, 1. That everie true Believer, of necessitie, must be… sensible of his owne sinnes, and …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … the similitude of an Ancre casten out of a Shippe, HEE GIVETH VS TO VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, 1. That allbeeit wee haue not gotten full Possession of the Promises in this lyfe …
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    … the similitude of an Ancre casten out of a Shippe, HEE GIVETH VS TO VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, 1. That allbeeit wee haue not gotten full Possession of the Promises in this lyfe …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … saying, hee is made lyke vnto the Sonne of GOD, HEE GIVETH VS TO VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, That GOD'S Purpose was, in those particulars, so to descrybe him, as hee might …
    With rule
    … saying, hee is made lyke vnto the Sonne of GOD, HEE GIVETH VS TO VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, That GOD'S Purpose was, in those particulars, so to descrybe him, as hee might …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    … is set downe on the Right hand of the Throne, hee giveth vs to VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, That CHRIST, as in His Divine Nature, Hee is vndivided from the Father, in …
    With rule
    … is set downe on the Right hand of the Throne, hee giveth vs to VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, That CHRIST, as in His Divine Nature, Hee is vndivided from the Father, in …

    David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 146 · Open in the reader

The Cure of Church Divisions A26906

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    … of them all, that England may but SEE and FEEL, that the PASTORS do VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, BELIEVE, CONSIDER and OBEY that will of God, which these following Texts of Scripture …
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    … of them all, that England may but SEE and FEEL, that the PASTORS do VNDERSTANDUNDERSTAND, BELIEVE, CONSIDER and OBEY that will of God, which these following Texts of Scripture …

    Richard Baxter · The Cure of Church Divisions · p. 306 · Open in the reader

The Lords Supper with Some other Determinations and Disputations A57277

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    VNderſtandUnderstand good (Reader) that this great Clark and bleſſed Martyr, Biſhop Nicholas Ridley, ſought not …
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    VNderſtandUnderstand good (Reader) that this great Clark and bleſſed Martyr, Biſhop Nicholas Ridley, ſought not …

    Nicholas Ridley · The Lords Supper with Some other Determinations and Disputations · Open in the reader