Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #33974 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouergrowneovergrown

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

Puritas changed it: 74 times in 60 works
Consistency: 100% (74 of 74)
Reach if approved: ~78 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overgrown
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 74 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (74 changes in 60 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 74)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… the more we take away, the fewer we leaue behind. When a field is ouergrowneovergrown with weeds, the beſt courſe to haue a good generall harueſt, is for euery …
With rule
… the more we take away, the fewer we leaue behind. When a field is ouergrowneovergrown with weeds, the beſt courſe to haue a good generall harueſt, is for euery …
Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 64 · Open in the reader
Printed
… here did ſing in conſort. Doubtleſſe an vnthankfull life, is a ſottiſh, helliſh life, ouergrowneovergrown with all that naught is, and therefore lothſome to a Chriſtian. He that ſaith …
With rule
… here did ſing in conſort. Doubtleſſe an vnthankfull life, is a ſottiſh, helliſh life, ouergrowneovergrown with all that naught is, and therefore lothſome to a Chriſtian. He that ſaith …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 229 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men, it will fall of it ſelfe for want of reparation. An high Empire ouergrowneovergrown in terme and territories, needs no outward foes to put an end to it …
With rule
… men, it will fall of it ſelfe for want of reparation. An high Empire ouergrowneovergrown in terme and territories, needs no outward foes to put an end to it …
Francis Taylor · Self-Satisfaction · Open in the reader
Printed
… caſe) while men ſlept: and ſo ſlily, peece by peece, that the corne was ouergrowneovergrown ere the tares were perceiued: moſt men tooke them for wheate: they that ſaw …
With rule
… caſe) while men ſlept: and ſo ſlily, peece by peece, that the corne was ouergrowneovergrown ere the tares were perceiued: moſt men tooke them for wheate: they that ſaw …
Anthony Wotton · A Trial of the Romish Clergys Title to the Church · p. 378 · Open in the reader
Printed
… land being beſtowed vpon them, who were the children of Abraham, ſhould euer be ouergrowneovergrown with thornes and briars. And thus the Prophet rebukes the Iewes the more ſharply …
With rule
… land being beſtowed vpon them, who were the children of Abraham, ſhould euer be ouergrowneovergrown with thornes and briars. And thus the Prophet rebukes the Iewes the more ſharply …
John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 324 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are carefully looked vnto: and all this while they ſuffer their hearts to be ouergrowneovergrown with ſinnes, as the wild waſt is with weedes and briars: there is no …
With rule
… are carefully looked vnto: and all this while they ſuffer their hearts to be ouergrowneovergrown with ſinnes, as the wild waſt is with weedes and briars: there is no …
John Dod · Exposition of Proverbs 11-12 · p. 57 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in malice: Thoſe that haue the Iaundis ſee all things yellow; thoſe which are ouergrowneovergrown with malicious paſſions, thinke all men like themſelues.
With rule
… in malice: Thoſe that haue the Iaundis ſee all things yellow; thoſe which are ouergrowneovergrown with malicious paſſions, thinke all men like themſelues.
Joseph Hall · Works of Joseph Hall · p. 1088 · Open in the reader
Printed
… their pleaſant tents and dwelling places, made to hide their treaſures in, ſhall be ouergrowneovergrown with nettles and thornes.
With rule
… their pleaſant tents and dwelling places, made to hide their treaſures in, ſhall be ouergrowneovergrown with nettles and thornes.
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 214 · 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.