Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #348 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouercameovercame

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

Puritas changed it: 630 times in 250 works
Consistency: 100% (630 of 630)
Reach if approved: ~662 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overcame
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 630 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (630 changes in 250 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 630)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… their owne patient confession, or affliction vnto death. Apoc. 12. The text is: and they ouercameovercame him by the bloud of the lambe, and by the word of their testimonie …
With rule
… their owne patient confession, or affliction vnto death. Apoc. 12. The text is: and they ouercameovercame him by the bloud of the lambe, and by the word of their testimonie …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 141 · Open in the reader
Printed
… He was valiant, and successefull in the warres: true, but he kill'd Calisthenes. Hee ouercameovercame the great Darius: so, but he kill'd Calisthenes. Hee made himselfe master of the …
With rule
… He was valiant, and successefull in the warres: true, but he kill'd Calisthenes. Hee ouercameovercame the great Darius: so, but he kill'd Calisthenes. Hee made himselfe master of the …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 390 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that, ſtrength and comfort was ſo abundantly miniſtred vnto him, that by ſuffering he ouercameovercame. And therefore, as one that had experience of our infirmities, he hath taught vs …
With rule
… that, ſtrength and comfort was ſo abundantly miniſtred vnto him, that by ſuffering he ouercameovercame. And therefore, as one that had experience of our infirmities, he hath taught vs …
Adam Harsnett · A Touch-Stone of Grace · p. 296 · Open in the reader
Printed
… his Mother. Iudith conquered Holofernes, becauſe God had caſt him into a ſleepe. Gideon ouercameovercame the Midianites drouſing and lying in the valley like graſſe-hoppers, and was en …
With rule
… his Mother. Iudith conquered Holofernes, becauſe God had caſt him into a ſleepe. Gideon ouercameovercame the Midianites drouſing and lying in the valley like graſſe-hoppers, and was en …
Laurence Humphrey · A View of the Romish Hydra · p. 174 · Open in the reader
Printed
… are both more ſenſeleſſe and abſurd: as Saint Michaels Sword and Buckler, wherewith he ouercameovercame the deuill, as if the deuill that is a ſpirit, would be conquered with …
With rule
… are both more ſenſeleſſe and abſurd: as Saint Michaels Sword and Buckler, wherewith he ouercameovercame the deuill, as if the deuill that is a ſpirit, would be conquered with …
Thomas Beard · Antichrist the Pope of Rome · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ouercōmeth will I geue to sit with me in my seate, euen as I ouercameovercame and haue sitten with my father in his seate.
With rule
… ouercōmeth will I geue to sit with me in my seate, euen as I ouercameovercame and haue sitten with my father in his seate.
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… certaine mayde, whome before his conuerſion Cyprian loued, who calling vppon the virgine Mary ouercameovercame the magical bewitchinges of Cyprian.
With rule
… certaine mayde, whome before his conuerſion Cyprian loued, who calling vppon the virgine Mary ouercameovercame the magical bewitchinges of Cyprian.
Philipp Melanchthon · In Defense of the True Church of God · Open in the reader
Printed
… life, and the fulnes of it due vnto vs after death. All which hee ouercameovercame, our curſednes here, in the whole courſe of his life: our full curſednes, vpon …
With rule
… life, and the fulnes of it due vnto vs after death. All which hee ouercameovercame, our curſednes here, in the whole courſe of his life: our full curſednes, vpon …
Henry Finch · The Sacred Doctrine of Divinity · p. 37 · Open in the reader

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