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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27406 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vveakenweaken

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

Puritas changed it
12 times in 11 works
Consistency
100% (12 of 12)
Reach if approved
~13 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: weaken
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
12 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (12 changes in 11 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 12)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … powers. Let then the inferiour suffering vvaken vs, to see the Superiour that doth vveakenweaken vs.
    With rule
    … powers. Let then the inferiour suffering vvaken vs, to see the Superiour that doth vveakenweaken vs.

    Thomas Adams · The Devils Banket Described · p. 213 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … abridge the libertie of the people; nor the libertie of the people diſanull or vveakenweaken the authoritie of the Elders: but that both should be preſerved and caried in …
    With rule
    … abridge the libertie of the people; nor the libertie of the people diſanull or vveakenweaken the authoritie of the Elders: but that both should be preſerved and caried in …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 314 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    Ob. 8 Eightly, the diuell he will from ſenſe and reaſon vveakenweaken our beleefe: Thus hee kept Sarah in vnbeleef. Gen. 18.12, She laughed, becauſe the thing …
    With rule
    Ob. 8 Eightly, the diuell he will from ſenſe and reaſon vveakenweaken our beleefe: Thus hee kept Sarah in vnbeleef. Gen. 18.12, She laughed, becauſe the thing …

    Paul Baynes · The Spiritual Armor · p. 193 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … fasts, that neither saturity do stirre vp and prouoke our body: nor immoderate abstinence vveakenweaken it. But some other of the auncient haue not only dehorted it, but haue …
    With rule
    … fasts, that neither saturity do stirre vp and prouoke our body: nor immoderate abstinence vveakenweaken it. But some other of the auncient haue not only dehorted it, but haue …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Sermons on Jonah · p. 457 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … goe about to ſtrengthen their Lords day Sabbath by the 4th Com. they therby vveakenweaken it, in the ſight of all vviſe men: For beſids vvhat hath bene ſaid …
    With rule
    … goe about to ſtrengthen their Lords day Sabbath by the 4th Com. they therby vveakenweaken it, in the ſight of all vviſe men: For beſids vvhat hath bene ſaid …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 200 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … bee vsed, that neither fulnesse doe set vp the bodie, nor …oderate abstinence doe vveakenweaken it. Saint Augustine …tch, that wise men in the … Church doe brotherly water such …
    With rule
    … bee vsed, that neither fulnesse doe set vp the bodie, nor …oderate abstinence doe vveakenweaken it. Saint Augustine …tch, that wise men in the … Church doe brotherly water such …

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 383 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … and put out of the Parish, or at leaſt to crush his ſpirit, and vveakenweaken him in the exerciſe of the miniſtry; but doth there meet vvith a diſappointment …
    With rule
    … and put out of the Parish, or at leaſt to crush his ſpirit, and vveakenweaken him in the exerciſe of the miniſtry; but doth there meet vvith a diſappointment …

    Robert Flemming · The Fulfilling of the Scripture · p. 238 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Thus vvee ſee theſe conceſſions help our cauſe, & vveakenweaken the adverſaryes not alittle: let us novv proceed to ſpeak to another particular vvhich …
    With rule
    Thus vvee ſee theſe conceſſions help our cauſe, & vveakenweaken the adverſaryes not alittle: let us novv proceed to ſpeak to another particular vvhich …

    James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 29 · 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.