Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33400 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouercommingovercoming

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 226 times in 123 works
Consistency: 99.5% (226 of 227)
Reach if approved: ~239 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overcoming
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 227 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (226 changes in 123 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 226)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… if wee still goe on in sinne, in despite of all Gods Iudgements, or ouercommingovercoming F…uours: God will, he must, proceed in wrath, and vengeance: so that though …
With rule
… if wee still goe on in sinne, in despite of all Gods Iudgements, or ouercommingovercoming F…uours: God will, he must, proceed in wrath, and vengeance: so that though …
William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · Open in the reader
Printed
… Apoſtles patient carying of himſelfe in his impriſonment, and in his conſtant vndergoing and ouercommingovercoming of the ſame.
With rule
… Apoſtles patient carying of himſelfe in his impriſonment, and in his conſtant vndergoing and ouercommingovercoming of the ſame.
Robert Rollock · Lectures Upon Colossians · p. 440 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wiſe, iuſt, courteous, couragious, deſpiſing monie, not ſubiect to paſsion, but commaunding ouer himſelfe, ouercommingovercoming luſt, vſing reaſon, quicke of conceit, ſober, religious, carefull for his ſubiectes, conſtant, no …
With rule
… wiſe, iuſt, courteous, couragious, deſpiſing monie, not ſubiect to paſsion, but commaunding ouer himſelfe, ouercommingovercoming luſt, vſing reaſon, quicke of conceit, ſober, religious, carefull for his ſubiectes, conſtant, no …
Jean Taffin · The Amendment of Life · p. 372 · Open in the reader
Printed
… aduice) how little can one mans induſtrie and frugality auaile, in the remouing and ouercommingovercoming of great and conſuming debts? theſe are aboue the power and reach of a …
With rule
… aduice) how little can one mans induſtrie and frugality auaile, in the remouing and ouercommingovercoming of great and conſuming debts? theſe are aboue the power and reach of a …
Henry Wilkinson Sr · The Debt Book · p. 107 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it bee ſaid, that hee hath a crowne giuen vnto him, and goeth forth ouercommingovercoming, and muſt ouercome?
With rule
… it bee ſaid, that hee hath a crowne giuen vnto him, and goeth forth ouercommingovercoming, and muſt ouercome?
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 41 · Open in the reader
Printed
Q. What other thing is to bee learned for the ouercommingovercoming of theſe temptations?
With rule
Q. What other thing is to bee learned for the ouercommingovercoming of theſe temptations?
John Ball · A Short Catechism · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… proſopopoeia, as a certain mighty perſon which had cōdemned & killed Chriſt: whom Chriſt againe ouercommingovercoming death, had conquered, cō demned & killed. Epheſ. 2. Killing enmitie in himſelf. And again, chap …
With rule
… proſopopoeia, as a certain mighty perſon which had cōdemned & killed Chriſt: whom Chriſt againe ouercommingovercoming death, had conquered, cō demned & killed. Epheſ. 2. Killing enmitie in himſelf. And again, chap …
Martin Luther · Commentary on Galatians · Open in the reader
Printed
… doing whereof hee both yelded high obedience to God his father; and alſo by ouercommingovercoming that curſſe which hee tooke vpon him, manifeſted his diuine power.
With rule
… doing whereof hee both yelded high obedience to God his father; and alſo by ouercommingovercoming that curſſe which hee tooke vpon him, manifeſted his diuine power.
Caspar Olevian · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 156 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.