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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27357 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

borrovvedborrowed

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

Puritas changed it
14 times in 11 works
Consistency
100% (14 of 14)
Reach if approved
~15 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: borrowed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
14 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (14 changes in 11 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 14)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … pleaſe. It's by way of Dialogue, without mentioning of Dialoguiſts, as is uſual under borrovvedborrowed names, to avoid any unneceſſar multiplying of vvords, that might be occaſioned this vvay.
    With rule
    … pleaſe. It's by way of Dialogue, without mentioning of Dialoguiſts, as is uſual under borrovvedborrowed names, to avoid any unneceſſar multiplying of vvords, that might be occaſioned this vvay.

    Robert Flemming · The One Necessary Thing to be Sought · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … do you no vvrong. I ſhall for the preſent ſuppoſe that the Doctor had borrovvedborrowed this Expoſition from Bellarmine, and conſider the force of your Argument againſt him, upon …
    With rule
    … do you no vvrong. I ſhall for the preſent ſuppoſe that the Doctor had borrovvedborrowed this Expoſition from Bellarmine, and conſider the force of your Argument againſt him, upon …

    Henry Jeanes · Dr Creeds Voluminous Defense of Hammons Ektenesteron · p. 81 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſaith he, Men are called away from their labours, and abuſe and ſpend their borrovvedborrowed money in compotations and drunkenneſs, and other acts of idleneſs.
    With rule
    … ſaith he, Men are called away from their labours, and abuſe and ſpend their borrovvedborrowed money in compotations and drunkenneſs, and other acts of idleneſs.

    Christopher Jelinger · Usury Stated Overthrown · p. 235 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    The ſpeech is borrovvedborrowed from the manner of men, vvho vvhen they are betrothed to any, do kindly …
    With rule
    The ſpeech is borrovvedborrowed from the manner of men, vvho vvhen they are betrothed to any, do kindly …

    William Guild · Loves Intercourse Between the Lamb and His Bride · p. 25 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … church, it is oftentimes uſed in the old Teſtament: from the which our Saviour borrovvedborrowed this maner of ſpeaking: as in Exodus it is ſaid, that Moſes vvrought his …
    With rule
    … church, it is oftentimes uſed in the old Teſtament: from the which our Saviour borrovvedborrowed this maner of ſpeaking: as in Exodus it is ſaid, that Moſes vvrought his …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 312 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … is meant by fiery darts; ſecondly, how faith doth extinguiſh them. It is a borrovvedborrowed ſpeech from poiſoned darts, vvhich venime and cauſe fiery heat in the perſon they …
    With rule
    … is meant by fiery darts; ſecondly, how faith doth extinguiſh them. It is a borrovvedborrowed ſpeech from poiſoned darts, vvhich venime and cauſe fiery heat in the perſon they …

    Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 219 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Spirit appeares to be metaphoricall. It is borrovvedborrowed and not proper and it is borrovvedborrowed from a fyre or candle that vſes to giue light and heate. Then if …
    With rule
    … Spirit appeares to be metaphoricall. It is borrovvedborrowed and not proper and it is borrovvedborrowed from a fyre or candle that vſes to giue light and heate. Then if …

    Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon the Epistles to the Thessalonians · p. 316 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    THE ROOTE OF ROMISH RITES AND CEREMONIES; Shewing That the Church of Rome hath borrovvedborrowed the moſt part of her Ceremonies of the Jevves and ancient Pagans; and that …
    With rule
    THE ROOTE OF ROMISH RITES AND CEREMONIES; Shewing That the Church of Rome hath borrovvedborrowed the moſt part of her Ceremonies of the Jevves and ancient Pagans; and that …

    Charles Drelincourt · The Root of Romish Rites and Ceremonies · p. 1 · 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.