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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #27889 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

overpovveroverpower

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

Puritas changed it
3 times in 3 works
Consistency
100% (3 of 3)
Reach if approved
~3 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: overpower
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
3 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3 changes in 3 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (3 of 3)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … as vvhereof every one ſeemes ſufficient to conquer and deſtroy it, at leaſt to overpovveroverpower it, that it ſhould never be troubleſome any more but no good is done …
    With rule
    … as vvhereof every one ſeemes ſufficient to conquer and deſtroy it, at leaſt to overpovveroverpower it, that it ſhould never be troubleſome any more but no good is done …

    John Owen · Of Temptation · p. 67 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the danger he was in, by the great numbers of the enemy, like to overpovveroverpower him vvith their multitude, he sent a Messenger timely enough to Providence, for relief …
    With rule
    … the danger he was in, by the great numbers of the enemy, like to overpovveroverpower him vvith their multitude, he sent a Messenger timely enough to Providence, for relief …

    William Hubbard · Narrative of the Troubles with the Indians in New England · p. 64 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … vvhat he hath done. Only you must beleive, he hath private arguments, vvhich doe overpovveroverpower his judgement: Othervvise he must graunt, he doth practise vvithout ground & reason: The summe …
    With rule
    … vvhat he hath done. Only you must beleive, he hath private arguments, vvhich doe overpovveroverpower his judgement: Othervvise he must graunt, he doth practise vvithout ground & reason: The summe …

    William Ames · Against Human Ceremonies in Gods Worship · 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.