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vvildwild

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

Puritas changed it
31 times in 22 works
Consistency
100% (31 of 31)
Reach if approved
~33 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: wild
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
31 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (31 changes in 22 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 31)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … m. Ar. a Chever. betwixt 3 Crosses Formee Sable. 9 Rob. Boteler Mil. ut prius 10 Johan. VVildWild ar. 11 W. Franckland ar. Arg. a Chever. Sable betwixt 3 12 Tho. Dacres, M. & Tho. Dacres …
    With rule
    … m. Ar. a Chever. betwixt 3 Crosses Formee Sable. 9 Rob. Boteler Mil. ut prius 10 Johan. VVildWild ar. 11 W. Franckland ar. Arg. a Chever. Sable betwixt 3 12 Tho. Dacres, M. & Tho. Dacres …

    Thomas Fuller · The History of the Worthies of England · p. 31 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … unto an irreligious lukvvarmness, then their Spirits are most perniciously debauched by vvanton and vvildwild cavillation, to studie, in the first place, to have the minde enlightned vvith the …
    With rule
    … unto an irreligious lukvvarmness, then their Spirits are most perniciously debauched by vvanton and vvildwild cavillation, to studie, in the first place, to have the minde enlightned vvith the …

    Robert McWard · The Case of The Accommodation Proposed by the Bishop of Dunblane · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … Pardonable (if not Commendable) Extravagance, in one of my Years. I wish, all the VVildWild Oats sown by the Youth of this Age, did produce no worse an Harvest …
    With rule
    … Pardonable (if not Commendable) Extravagance, in one of my Years. I wish, all the VVildWild Oats sown by the Youth of this Age, did produce no worse an Harvest …

    John Tutchin · Poems on Several Occasions · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … have they not Lavv for this? No Lavv for keeping downe the fire, that vvildwild-fire, from kindling upon our Bodies, our Houſes, our Townes, our Cities, our Nation …
    With rule
    … have they not Lavv for this? No Lavv for keeping downe the fire, that vvildwild-fire, from kindling upon our Bodies, our Houſes, our Townes, our Cities, our Nation …

    Hezekiah Woodward · The Churchs Thank-Offering to God Her King · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … vpon a thouſand hils. I knovv all the ſoules vpon the mountaines, and the vvildwild beaſts of the field are in my ſight. If I be hungrie, I vvill …
    With rule
    … vpon a thouſand hils. I knovv all the ſoules vpon the mountaines, and the vvildwild beaſts of the field are in my ſight. If I be hungrie, I vvill …

    Martin Luther · Collected Sermons · p. 455 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    speaker A. W. Novv to the third argument, vvhich is iolly and vvorthy the vvildwild-wit of a mad-minister. Christ vvould not so much as bovv his knee …
    With rule
    speaker A. W. Novv to the third argument, vvhich is iolly and vvorthy the vvildwild-wit of a mad-minister. Christ vvould not so much as bovv his knee …

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 575 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … often ſcorched vvith the burning heate of their furious paſſion. It is like vnto vvildwild fire vvhich moſt eaſily taketh hould of euery thing and is moſt hardly quenched …
    With rule
    … often ſcorched vvith the burning heate of their furious paſſion. It is like vnto vvildwild fire vvhich moſt eaſily taketh hould of euery thing and is moſt hardly quenched …

    John Downame · Spiritual Physic to Cure the Diseases of the Soul · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … publick place, than he that adhereth in private to the lawful Pastor; as Dr. VVildWild and the rest aforementioned then thought.
    With rule
    … publick place, than he that adhereth in private to the lawful Pastor; as Dr. VVildWild and the rest aforementioned then thought.

    Richard Baxter · An Apology for the Nonconformists Ministry · p. 99 · 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.