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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27157 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvashwash

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it
40 times in 27 works
Consistency
100% (40 of 40)
Reach if approved
~42 places (estimated)
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Agrees: wash
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
40 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (40 changes in 27 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 40)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … cleanſing, both from the guilt and ſtayne of ſinne. Ariſe and be baptized, and vvaſhwash avvay thy ſinnes, ſayes Ananias to Paul Acts 22.16. So Chriſt gave himſelf for his …
    With rule
    … cleanſing, both from the guilt and ſtayne of ſinne. Ariſe and be baptized, and vvaſhwash avvay thy ſinnes, ſayes Ananias to Paul Acts 22.16. So Chriſt gave himſelf for his …

    Henry Lawrence · Of Baptism · p. 49 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … sprinckled on vs, brings now aspersions of filthinesse. It is nothing else, but to vvashwash our spottes in mudde. Yet speake freely. Doth not God complaine? Examine. 1. The words …
    With rule
    … sprinckled on vs, brings now aspersions of filthinesse. It is nothing else, but to vvashwash our spottes in mudde. Yet speake freely. Doth not God complaine? Examine. 1. The words …

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 244 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … in the place of Chriſt and his precious blood, nor pretend to giue grace & vvashwash avvay ſinnes. Theſe are the errors and abuſes of men about it, not the …
    With rule
    … in the place of Chriſt and his precious blood, nor pretend to giue grace & vvashwash avvay ſinnes. Theſe are the errors and abuſes of men about it, not the …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to thee, &c. Ezra, 9.3, 6. Yea David vvent further then this: for not content to vvaſhwash his bed, even his under-bed vvith his teares vvhich he had defiled vvith …
    With rule
    … to thee, &c. Ezra, 9.3, 6. Yea David vvent further then this: for not content to vvaſhwash his bed, even his under-bed vvith his teares vvhich he had defiled vvith …

    John Trapp · Gods Love · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … satisfaction as Saint Ambrose testifieth, saying: That hee vvho doth penance, must vvith teares vvashwash avvay his sinnes.
    With rule
    … satisfaction as Saint Ambrose testifieth, saying: That hee vvho doth penance, must vvith teares vvashwash avvay his sinnes.

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 362 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … to Emmanuel. Eb. 2. Achaz diſdayned the ſoft flovvyng vvaters of Siloam, vvhich in Ioh. 9. vvashwash blind eyes of one ſent thither, to ſee Em̄anuel: Achaz hyreth Aſſur, vvho vvill …
    With rule
    … to Emmanuel. Eb. 2. Achaz diſdayned the ſoft flovvyng vvaters of Siloam, vvhich in Ioh. 9. vvashwash blind eyes of one ſent thither, to ſee Em̄anuel: Achaz hyreth Aſſur, vvho vvill …

    Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … are of thus washing your hands in innocence the greater need you have to VVashWash them in Penitence, and therefore since as you are Sons to this Mother, the …
    With rule
    … are of thus washing your hands in innocence the greater need you have to VVashWash them in Penitence, and therefore since as you are Sons to this Mother, the …

    Richard Allestree · The Gentlemans Calling · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … upon the Sacrifice of Christ, sue out the Virtue of it by Prayer; Psal. 51.2. VVashWash me throughly from mine Iniquity, and cleanse me from my Sin. Extinguish the Love …
    With rule
    … upon the Sacrifice of Christ, sue out the Virtue of it by Prayer; Psal. 51.2. VVashWash me throughly from mine Iniquity, and cleanse me from my Sin. Extinguish the Love …

    Thomas Manton · Sermons Volume 4 · p. 1181 · 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.