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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #401 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deuoteddevoted

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

Puritas changed it
359 times in 183 works
Consistency
98.9% (359 of 363)
Reach if approved
~381 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: devoted
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
363 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (359 changes in 183 works, 98.9% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 359)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … and Iudgements of such as weare these Loue-lockes, and are most of all deuoteddevoted, & inclined to them: who when they are demanded, why they nourish them; can yeeld …
    With rule
    … and Iudgements of such as weare these Loue-lockes, and are most of all deuoteddevoted, & inclined to them: who when they are demanded, why they nourish them; can yeeld …

    William Prynne · The Unloveliness of Love-Locks · p. 23 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … audacious vpon my withdrawing my selfe, and diuerse Knights and Gentlemen there present, religiously deuoteddevoted to the Truth, both aduised, and intreated me not to bee wanting to the …
    With rule
    … audacious vpon my withdrawing my selfe, and diuerse Knights and Gentlemen there present, religiously deuoteddevoted to the Truth, both aduised, and intreated me not to bee wanting to the …

    Daniel Featley · The Grand Sacrilege of the Church of Rome · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … places, vnder the name of the Biſhop of Chalcedon; catching the ignorant, vulgar, and deuoteddevoted Romaniſts with the pomp of his Pontificall Attire, and that empty name of a …
    With rule
    … places, vnder the name of the Biſhop of Chalcedon; catching the ignorant, vulgar, and deuoteddevoted Romaniſts with the pomp of his Pontificall Attire, and that empty name of a …

    John Gee · The Foot out of the Snare · p. 33 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    2. To Peter in prayer deuoteddevoted, Acts. 10.
    With rule
    2. To Peter in prayer deuoteddevoted, Acts. 10.

    Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 28 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … belong to another kingdome, and are in truth, as we are all by nature, deuoteddevoted ſlaues to the deuill, hauing him to rule and reigne in their hearts as …
    With rule
    … belong to another kingdome, and are in truth, as we are all by nature, deuoteddevoted ſlaues to the deuill, hauing him to rule and reigne in their hearts as …

    Robert Jenison · The Height of Israels Heathenish Idolatry · p. 55 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    Yours much deuoteddevoted, and e…er to be commanded, WILLIAM LOE.
    With rule
    Yours much deuoteddevoted, and e…er to be commanded, WILLIAM LOE.

    William Loe · The Kings Shoe · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … for him, whom I truely and entirely loued in our way, as a man deuoteddevoted to God, and euery way worthy of loue, for his vnreprouable life and conuerſation …
    With rule
    … for him, whom I truely and entirely loued in our way, as a man deuoteddevoted to God, and euery way worthy of loue, for his vnreprouable life and conuerſation …

    Richard Bernard · Plain Evidences the Church of England is Apostolical · p. 57 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    Shirburn. Iul. 7. 1630. Your Lordſhips humble and deuoteddevoted ſeruant, WILLIAM LYFORD.
    With rule
    Shirburn. Iul. 7. 1630. Your Lordſhips humble and deuoteddevoted ſeruant, WILLIAM LYFORD.

    William Pinke · The Trial of a Christians Sincere Love Unto Christ · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind A20947

  • Printed
    DeuotedDevoted to your Vertues, ABR. DARCIE.
    With rule
    DeuotedDevoted to your Vertues, ABR. DARCIE.

    Peter du Moulin Jr · Meditations Upon the Misery of Mankind · Open in the reader

A Preparation to Suffer for the Gospel A20957

  • Printed
    Your Graces and Honours moſt humbly DeuotedDevoted. ABRAHAM DARCIE.
    With rule
    Your Graces and Honours moſt humbly DeuotedDevoted. ABRAHAM DARCIE.

    Peter du Moulin Jr · A Preparation to Suffer for the Gospel · Open in the reader