Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27387 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvitnessethwitnesseth

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

Puritas changed it: 13 times in 8 works
Consistency: 100% (13 of 13)
Reach if approved: ~14 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: witnesseth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 13 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (13 changes in 8 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 13)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… parched me vvith vvrinckles for a vvitneſſe, and leanneſſe is come vpon mee, vvhiche vvitneſſethwitnesseth it in my face.
With rule
… parched me vvith vvrinckles for a vvitneſſe, and leanneſſe is come vpon mee, vvhiche vvitneſſethwitnesseth it in my face.
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · p. 316 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but that the rest of Iſraell, had not obtained, verſ 5. 7. VVhere alſo he plainly vvitneſſethwitnesseth, that God had cast avvay the Ievves, and had broken of many branches, from …
With rule
… but that the rest of Iſraell, had not obtained, verſ 5. 7. VVhere alſo he plainly vvitneſſethwitnesseth, that God had cast avvay the Ievves, and had broken of many branches, from …
John Forbes · Sermon on 1 Timothy 2:4 · p. 15 · Open in the reader
Printed
… an hammer and a ſword and a ſharpe arrovv, ſo is that man vvho vvitneſſethwitnesseth a falſe teſtimonie againſt his neighbour.
With rule
… an hammer and a ſword and a ſharpe arrovv, ſo is that man vvho vvitneſſethwitnesseth a falſe teſtimonie againſt his neighbour.
Peter Moffett · Commentary Upon Proverbs · p. 215 · Open in the reader
Printed
… If the queſtion be vvhether a thing vvere done by vs, or no; conſcience vvitneſſethwitnesseth of the doing, or not doing thereof: I haue ſinned, ſaid conſcience in Dauid …
With rule
… If the queſtion be vvhether a thing vvere done by vs, or no; conſcience vvitneſſethwitnesseth of the doing, or not doing thereof: I haue ſinned, ſaid conſcience in Dauid …
William Sclater · A Key to the Key of Scripture · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of Christ did practise such vvorkes of mercy, pietie, and Charity as Justine Martyr vvitnessethwitnesseth, and divers others in alter ages. And such works the Ecclesiasticall constitutions of our …
With rule
… of Christ did practise such vvorkes of mercy, pietie, and Charity as Justine Martyr vvitnessethwitnesseth, and divers others in alter ages. And such works the Ecclesiasticall constitutions of our …
George Walker · The Doctrine of the Sabbath · p. 153 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Mary, vvho Vovved perpetuall Virginitie. And of the glorious Apostles, as who S. …rome vvitnessethwitnesseth, vvere in part Virgins; and all after their follovving of Christ, abstained from the …
With rule
… Mary, vvho Vovved perpetuall Virginitie. And of the glorious Apostles, as who S. …rome vvitnessethwitnesseth, vvere in part Virgins; and all after their follovving of Christ, abstained from the …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 505 · Open in the reader
Printed
… then it is good reaſon, vve ſhould keepe our new Sabbath, as this text vvitneſſethwitnesseth they kept it. Againe, as for Pauls ſermon; Sabbath ſermons, are workes of the …
With rule
… then it is good reaſon, vve ſhould keepe our new Sabbath, as this text vvitneſſethwitnesseth they kept it. Againe, as for Pauls ſermon; Sabbath ſermons, are workes of the …
Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpeciall buſineſſe vvhich affliction hath vvith us, be to humble us, then doubtleſſe affliction vvitneſſethwitnesseth that there is pride in us. That vvhich is ſent to remove an evil …
With rule
… ſpeciall buſineſſe vvhich affliction hath vvith us, be to humble us, then doubtleſſe affliction vvitneſſethwitnesseth that there is pride in us. That vvhich is ſent to remove an evil …
Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 8-10 · p. 563 · 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.