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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27599 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

sovversower

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

Puritas changed it
6 times in 4 works
Consistency
100% (6 of 6)
Reach if approved
~6 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: sower
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
6 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (6 changes in 4 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (5 of 6)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … haue still opposed in others, and repressed in mine ovvne (to my povver) all sovversower zeale against, and peremptorie rejection of such, as vvhose holie graces chalenged better vse …
    With rule
    … haue still opposed in others, and repressed in mine ovvne (to my povver) all sovversower zeale against, and peremptorie rejection of such, as vvhose holie graces chalenged better vse …

    John Robinson · The Lawfulness of Hearing of the Ministers of the Church of England · p. 1 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … is by causing them to sleep at Sermons. Hence in the Parable concerning the SovverSower, it is said, of the …eed which fell by the way …e, that the …
    With rule
    … is by causing them to sleep at Sermons. Hence in the Parable concerning the SovverSower, it is said, of the …eed which fell by the way …e, that the …

    Increase Mather · Practical Truths to Promote Godliness · p. 196 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … to preach the Word: namely, for the benefit of thoſe that heare it. The SovverSower ye knovv, vvhen he ſowes his Seed, he propounds no other end to himſelf …
    With rule
    … to preach the Word: namely, for the benefit of thoſe that heare it. The SovverSower ye knovv, vvhen he ſowes his Seed, he propounds no other end to himſelf …

    Benjamin Hinton · Eighteen Choice and Useful Sermons · p. 26 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … our doctrine. To this we anſwer therefore with Paule, that a litle leuen maketh ſovversower the vvhole lumpe.
    With rule
    … our doctrine. To this we anſwer therefore with Paule, that a litle leuen maketh ſovversower the vvhole lumpe.

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 236 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … be broken. Wherevnto he anſwereth with this ſentence: A litle leuen leueneth, [or maketh ſovversower] the vvhole lumpe of dough. And this is a caueat or an admonition which …
    With rule
    … be broken. Wherevnto he anſwereth with this ſentence: A litle leuen leueneth, [or maketh ſovversower] the vvhole lumpe of dough. And this is a caueat or an admonition which …

    Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · p. 236 · 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.