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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27266 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvithstandwithstand

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

Puritas changed it
22 times in 19 works
Consistency
100% (22 of 22)
Reach if approved
~23 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: withstand
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 19 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 22)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … I conceyve, as so many Strugglings of Spirit, vvhich stood in the vvay, to vvithstandwithstand him in his course. His conscience, as it should seeme, gaue the …nsett, & let …
    With rule
    … I conceyve, as so many Strugglings of Spirit, vvhich stood in the vvay, to vvithstandwithstand him in his course. His conscience, as it should seeme, gaue the …nsett, & let …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … as is combuſtible. How much greater care therefore becommeth it vs to vſe to vvithſtandwithstand all meanes and occaſions of ſinne vnto which our corrupt natures are ſo much …
    With rule
    … as is combuſtible. How much greater care therefore becommeth it vs to vſe to vvithſtandwithstand all meanes and occaſions of ſinne vnto which our corrupt natures are ſo much …

    John Downame · The Christian Warfare Part 3 · p. 352 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … journies end. He vvho is fighting a Duel, muſt ſtand upon his guard and vvithſtandwithstand his antagoniſt, yea continue coragiouſly to oppoſe him, untill he have got the victory …
    With rule
    … journies end. He vvho is fighting a Duel, muſt ſtand upon his guard and vvithſtandwithstand his antagoniſt, yea continue coragiouſly to oppoſe him, untill he have got the victory …

    William Prynne · Canterburys Doom · p. 331 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … God in a readines, that whenſoever he aſſailes us, vve may be able to vvithſtandwithstand him. But hovv farre are the moſt (eſpecially they that are in their youthful …
    With rule
    … God in a readines, that whenſoever he aſſailes us, vve may be able to vvithſtandwithstand him. But hovv farre are the moſt (eſpecially they that are in their youthful …

    Benjamin Hinton · Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons · p. 86 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … so assist and strengthen her, as that she should be able, not onely to vvithstandwithstand, but to conquer and subdue all her enemies, though never so many, never so …
    With rule
    … so assist and strengthen her, as that she should be able, not onely to vvithstandwithstand, but to conquer and subdue all her enemies, though never so many, never so …

    John Brinsley · A Sovereign Cordial · p. 165 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … cauſe of reformation novv labored for. Jt is not a matter of dalliance, to vvithſtandwithstand the povverfull ordinance of God, in the gouerment of his Church, especially vvhen in …
    With rule
    … cauſe of reformation novv labored for. Jt is not a matter of dalliance, to vvithſtandwithstand the povverfull ordinance of God, in the gouerment of his Church, especially vvhen in …

    John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … povvers vvhatſoeuer, and vvill aſvvell vvith our ioint as particular forces during our liues vvithstandwithstand, offend and purſue aſvvell by force of armes, as by al other meanes of …
    With rule
    … povvers vvhatſoeuer, and vvill aſvvell vvith our ioint as particular forces during our liues vvithstandwithstand, offend and purſue aſvvell by force of armes, as by al other meanes of …

    Peter Wentworth · A Pithy Exhortation to Her Majesty · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    11. Put vpon you the vvhole armour of God, that ye may vvithstandwithstand all the assaultes of the diuell.
    With rule
    11. Put vpon you the vvhole armour of God, that ye may vvithstandwithstand all the assaultes of the diuell.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Ephesians · p. 326 · 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.