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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27729 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

devvdew

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

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

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

Where Puritas made the change (4 of 4)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … early dew, it paſſeth away. (You knovv as ſoon as the Sun ſhines, the devvdew is preſently gone.) and they ſhall be as the chaffe that is driven duplicate page duplicate page with …
    With rule
    … early dew, it paſſeth away. (You knovv as ſoon as the Sun ſhines, the devvdew is preſently gone.) and they ſhall be as the chaffe that is driven duplicate page duplicate page with …

    Christopher Love · The Combat Between the Flesh and Spirit · p. 137 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    And drops of ſacred devvdew, with Olyue palmes on them did ſhake,
    With rule
    And drops of ſacred devvdew, with Olyue palmes on them did ſhake,

    Pierre Viret · The Christian Disputations · p. 38 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … dayes that then, the candle of the Lord shined upon their pathes, and his devvdew lay all night upon their branches and that they have found there is an …
    With rule
    … dayes that then, the candle of the Lord shined upon their pathes, and his devvdew lay all night upon their branches and that they have found there is an …

    Robert Flemming · The Fulfilling of the Scripture · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    32. 2. My doctrine ſhall droppe as the raine, my woorde ſhall diſtill as doth the devvdew. 551. a 48.
    With rule
    32. 2. My doctrine ſhall droppe as the raine, my woorde ſhall diſtill as doth the devvdew. 551. a 48.

    John Calvin · Sermons on Job · 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.