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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27258 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

contrarivvisecontrariwise

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

Puritas changed it
22 times in 14 works
Consistency
100% (22 of 22)
Reach if approved
~23 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: contrariwise
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
22 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (22 changes in 14 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 22)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … then it is charity, that vseth saith as her instrument and inferiour, and not contrarivvisecontrariwise.
    With rule
    … then it is charity, that vseth saith as her instrument and inferiour, and not contrarivvisecontrariwise.

    Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 215 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Firſt day of our number then Saturday follovving vvill be the 7th day; but contrarivviſecontrariwise, if you beginne at Saturday for the Firſt day, then Sunday before it vvill …
    With rule
    … Firſt day of our number then Saturday follovving vvill be the 7th day; but contrarivviſecontrariwise, if you beginne at Saturday for the Firſt day, then Sunday before it vvill …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 563 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … late repentance vvee vviſh, that vvhat vvee haue done, had beene done othervviſe; and contrarivviſecontrariwise, of the ioy and comfort vvhich accompanieth and vvaiteth vpon the vvell-performance of …
    With rule
    … late repentance vvee vviſh, that vvhat vvee haue done, had beene done othervviſe; and contrarivviſecontrariwise, of the ioy and comfort vvhich accompanieth and vvaiteth vpon the vvell-performance of …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 226 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … For they see both them selues and their substance to be in safetie; but contrarivvisecontrariwise, the other for iust cause are vtterlie destroied & consumed vvith that fire, vvhich vvas …
    With rule
    … For they see both them selues and their substance to be in safetie; but contrarivvisecontrariwise, the other for iust cause are vtterlie destroied & consumed vvith that fire, vvhich vvas …

    Theodore Beza · Job Expounded · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Lords mercy that we are not conſumed, becauſe his compaſsions faile not, Lam. 3.22. But contrarivviſecontrariwise vvee carry our heads aloft, face the heauens, and ſvvell vvith great thoughts of …
    With rule
    … Lords mercy that we are not conſumed, becauſe his compaſsions faile not, Lam. 3.22. But contrarivviſecontrariwise vvee carry our heads aloft, face the heauens, and ſvvell vvith great thoughts of …

    Paul Baynes · Epitome of Mans Misery and Delivery · p. 16 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Verſ. 7.8. But contrarivviſecontrariwise vvhen they ſavve that the Goſpell ouer vncircūciſion vvas committed vnto me, as the …
    With rule
    Verſ. 7.8. But contrarivviſecontrariwise vvhen they ſavve that the Goſpell ouer vncircūciſion vvas committed vnto me, as the …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … therefore, that it vvas neceſſarie to approue that doctrine vvith ſignes and miracles. But contrarivviſecontrariwise, that you in your new reformed Goſpell, doe preach the olde Apoſtolicall lawe, I …
    With rule
    … therefore, that it vvas neceſſarie to approue that doctrine vvith ſignes and miracles. But contrarivviſecontrariwise, that you in your new reformed Goſpell, doe preach the olde Apoſtolicall lawe, I …

    Thomas Sparke · Answer to John De Albines · p. 184 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … cogitation therof to vanish out of their mindes, vvithout any profit vnto themselues: but contrarivvisecontrariwise, thy seruaunt Marie kept euerie thing in remembrance, being carefull by continual pondering thereof …
    With rule
    … cogitation therof to vanish out of their mindes, vvithout any profit vnto themselues: but contrarivvisecontrariwise, thy seruaunt Marie kept euerie thing in remembrance, being carefull by continual pondering thereof …

    John Udall · Obedience to the Gospel · 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.