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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #30396 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvarrewarre

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

Puritas changed it
10 times in 8 works
Consistency
8.3% (10 of 120)
Reach if approved
~126 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: war
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
120 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
war (110)
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (10 changes in 8 works, 8.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 10)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    VOXBELLI, OR, AN ALARVM TO VVARREWARRE.
    With rule
    VOXBELLI, OR, AN ALARVM TO VVARREWARRE.

    Thomas Barnes · An Alarm to War · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    VVArreWarre with thy fins brings peace by the word. 140
    With rule
    VVArreWarre with thy fins brings peace by the word. 140

    Thomas Taylor · Davids Learning · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    VVArreWarre; the miſeries and incommodities of it 146. C. D
    With rule
    VVArreWarre; the miſeries and incommodities of it 146. C. D

    John Donne · Eighty Sermons · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    VVArreWarre uſually accompanied with famine, and why, pag. 348. Warr a devourer. ib.
    With rule
    VVArreWarre uſually accompanied with famine, and why, pag. 348. Warr a devourer. ib.

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    To the Right Honourable, THE LORD FAIRFAX, AND His COUNCELL OF VVARREWARRE: THE HVMBLE ADDRESSE OF HENRY HAMMOND.
    With rule
    To the Right Honourable, THE LORD FAIRFAX, AND His COUNCELL OF VVARREWARRE: THE HVMBLE ADDRESSE OF HENRY HAMMOND.

    Henry Hammond · Letter to Lord Fairfax · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    VVArreWarre is the contention betweene Princes or States by armes or force of men, vnder …
    With rule
    VVArreWarre is the contention betweene Princes or States by armes or force of men, vnder …

    Richard Bernard · The Bible Battles · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    THE FVRY OF VVARREWARRE, AND FOLLY OF SINNE, (As an Incentive to it) declared and applyed.
    With rule
    THE FVRY OF VVARREWARRE, AND FOLLY OF SINNE, (As an Incentive to it) declared and applyed.

    John Ley · The Fury of War and Folly of Sin · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    V. VVArreWarre is wavering. Sundry proverbiall ſentences are uſed in Scripture which give evidence hereto: as …
    With rule
    V. VVArreWarre is wavering. Sundry proverbiall ſentences are uſed in Scripture which give evidence hereto: as …

    William Gouge · Gods Three Arrows · p. 268 · 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.