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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27460 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vveakestweakest

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

Puritas changed it
10 times in 9 works
Consistency
100% (10 of 10)
Reach if approved
~11 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: weakest
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
10 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (10 changes in 9 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 10)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … pooreſt hearty groan was heard, the quickeſt ejaculations were not unobſerved, and that the vveakeſtweakest ſincere Prayers were able to pierce the Heavens. O who would not ſerve ſuch …
    With rule
    … pooreſt hearty groan was heard, the quickeſt ejaculations were not unobſerved, and that the vveakeſtweakest ſincere Prayers were able to pierce the Heavens. O who would not ſerve ſuch …

    James Janeway · Death Unstung · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … to be vvritten in letters of Gold. And one that vvas one of the vveakeſtweakest, ſaid, that he did verily believe, that if we had been exact in our …
    With rule
    … to be vvritten in letters of Gold. And one that vvas one of the vveakeſtweakest, ſaid, that he did verily believe, that if we had been exact in our …

    James Janeway · Invisibles Realities Demonstrated in the Life and Death of John Janeway · p. 110 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … liuings, goods, and possessions in safety: that by them our controuersies are decyded, & the vveakestweakest, vvhich els vvere like to go to the vvalles, by this meanes godly defended …
    With rule
    … liuings, goods, and possessions in safety: that by them our controuersies are decyded, & the vveakestweakest, vvhich els vvere like to go to the vvalles, by this meanes godly defended …

    John Field · A Caveat for Parsons Howlet · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … God mentioned in the Law of the Paſſeouers change Numb. 9.10. for ſatiſfaction of the vveakeſtweakest in this point, I thus anſwer 1. to the latter, touching the reaſons of our …
    With rule
    … God mentioned in the Law of the Paſſeouers change Numb. 9.10. for ſatiſfaction of the vveakeſtweakest in this point, I thus anſwer 1. to the latter, touching the reaſons of our …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Discourse Upon the Sabbath Day · p. 235 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … a vvarr, upon those vvhich vvould not conforme to such a Ceremony? But the vveakestweakest must alvvayes goe to the vvall, & the Lamb must dye for troubling the vvater …
    With rule
    … a vvarr, upon those vvhich vvould not conforme to such a Ceremony? But the vveakestweakest must alvvayes goe to the vvall, & the Lamb must dye for troubling the vvater …

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

  6. Printed
    … time of vvarre vve moſt ſtrongly man that part of the vvall, vvhich being vveakeſtweakest, hath moſt often beene attempted by the enemie; and if a breach be made …
    With rule
    … time of vvarre vve moſt ſtrongly man that part of the vvall, vvhich being vveakeſtweakest, hath moſt often beene attempted by the enemie; and if a breach be made …

    John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 63 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … do all this and more for Chriſt, becauſe he hath had reſpect to the vveakeſtweakest.
    With rule
    … do all this and more for Chriſt, becauſe he hath had reſpect to the vveakeſtweakest.

    Timothy Armitage · A Trial of Faith · p. 41 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … up the want in a work, as in Aſah, 1 King. 15.14. hee vvill ovvn the vveakeſtweakest duty, if ſincerity bee in it; Hee vvill not refuſe our vvorks, as vvee …
    With rule
    … up the want in a work, as in Aſah, 1 King. 15.14. hee vvill ovvn the vveakeſtweakest duty, if ſincerity bee in it; Hee vvill not refuſe our vvorks, as vvee …

    Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 333 · 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.