Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #317 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

aduersaryadversary

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 1,184 times in 391 works
Consistency: 100% (1,184 of 1,184)
Reach if approved: ~1,244 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: adversary
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,184 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,184 changes in 391 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,184)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… open the pit of hell, We may note here, that the power of the aduersaryadversary, obteyneth rule in the world, not by chaunce or against the will of Christ …
With rule
… open the pit of hell, We may note here, that the power of the aduersaryadversary, obteyneth rule in the world, not by chaunce or against the will of Christ …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
Secondly, it may serue as to discourage the AduersaryAdversary, so to encourage the godly. As to discourage the wicked from attempting ought against …
With rule
Secondly, it may serue as to discourage the AduersaryAdversary, so to encourage the godly. As to discourage the wicked from attempting ought against …
Thomas Gataker · An Anniversary Memorial · p. 18 · Open in the reader
Printed
… perfected onely by Christ our Saviour: and that the workes of the devill our aduerſaryadversary, are to be deſtroyed onely by Him. 1. Iohn 3.8. Therefore it is neceſſary that He …
With rule
… perfected onely by Christ our Saviour: and that the workes of the devill our aduerſaryadversary, are to be deſtroyed onely by Him. 1. Iohn 3.8. Therefore it is neceſſary that He …
Alexander Gill · The Sacred Philosophy of the Holy Scripture · p. 85 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it in our saluation. What shall we then doe? Surely, hauing so mighty an aduersaryadversary, it shall be good to seeke peace and reconciliation with him. For as this …
With rule
… it in our saluation. What shall we then doe? Surely, hauing so mighty an aduersaryadversary, it shall be good to seeke peace and reconciliation with him. For as this …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 690 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he not shewe hymself in hys owne lykenesse, that is to saye, Christes opē aduersaryadversary, tyll Christ came in the fleshe. And than he apered at all one tyme …
With rule
… he not shewe hymself in hys owne lykenesse, that is to saye, Christes opē aduersaryadversary, tyll Christ came in the fleshe. And than he apered at all one tyme …
John Bale · The Acts of English Votaries · Open in the reader
Printed
… and helliſh aſſaults. This is wiſely diſcerned by faith, whereby the ſtratagems of our AduerſaryAdversary are more eaſily diſappointed. For as an Enemy, who intends by policie to get …
With rule
… and helliſh aſſaults. This is wiſely diſcerned by faith, whereby the ſtratagems of our AduerſaryAdversary are more eaſily diſappointed. For as an Enemy, who intends by policie to get …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 304 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Thinke not that ye reade the wordes of one, who bendeth himselfe as an aduersaryadversary against the truth which ye haue alreadie embraced; but the words of one, who …
With rule
… Thinke not that ye reade the wordes of one, who bendeth himselfe as an aduersaryadversary against the truth which ye haue alreadie embraced; but the words of one, who …
Richard Hooker · The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity · Open in the reader
Printed
… sobriety and watchfulnesse, alleaging most sound reasons for their watchfulnesse, and resistance of the aduersaryadversary, ve. 8.9.
With rule
… sobriety and watchfulnesse, alleaging most sound reasons for their watchfulnesse, and resistance of the aduersaryadversary, ve. 8.9.
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 187 · 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.