Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #407 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouerthrewoverthrew

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

Puritas changed it: 287 times in 154 works
Consistency: 100% (287 of 287)
Reach if approved: ~302 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overthrew
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 287 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (287 changes in 154 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 287)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… other nations whom they haue conquered: but God from heauen fought for vs, and ouerthrewoverthrew them in their owne deuises: yea, the Lord put his hooke in his nosethrils …
With rule
… other nations whom they haue conquered: but God from heauen fought for vs, and ouerthrewoverthrew them in their owne deuises: yea, the Lord put his hooke in his nosethrils …
William Perkins · A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses · p. 117 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the time being protracted, they had helpe ſent them in the meane ſeaſon, and ouerthrewoverthrew them. In this kind of dealing the Lord reſembles a friendly perſon, who ſpying …
With rule
… the time being protracted, they had helpe ſent them in the meane ſeaſon, and ouerthrewoverthrew them. In this kind of dealing the Lord reſembles a friendly perſon, who ſpying …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 530 · Open in the reader
Printed
… children of God, lickes vp themselues; the same destruction that Pharaoh intended against Israel, ouerthrewoverthrew onely himselfe and all his hoast. Hence Dauid obseruing this truth, is bold to …
With rule
… children of God, lickes vp themselues; the same destruction that Pharaoh intended against Israel, ouerthrewoverthrew onely himselfe and all his hoast. Hence Dauid obseruing this truth, is bold to …
Thomas Taylor · A Map of Rome · p. 23 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the Reubenites, Gadites, & halfe tribe of Manaſſe. 1. Chron. 5. 26. and perfited by Salmanaſer, who vtterly ouerthrewoverthrew the reſidue of the Kingdome of Iſrael, 1. King. 17.
With rule
… the Reubenites, Gadites, & halfe tribe of Manaſſe. 1. Chron. 5. 26. and perfited by Salmanaſer, who vtterly ouerthrewoverthrew the reſidue of the Kingdome of Iſrael, 1. King. 17.
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it. For priuie pride cast the Angels from heauen, exiled Adam out of Paradise, ouerthrewoverthrew the deerest of God his children, when they were most full of the spirit …
With rule
… it. For priuie pride cast the Angels from heauen, exiled Adam out of Paradise, ouerthrewoverthrew the deerest of God his children, when they were most full of the spirit …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 63 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Sicill, was proclaymed kinge at Panorme, and with an armye of hyred souldiours, he ouerthrewoverthrew the Popes Legat with great slaughter. This Pope sent one Rustand Legate into Englande …
With rule
… Sicill, was proclaymed kinge at Panorme, and with an armye of hyred souldiours, he ouerthrewoverthrew the Popes Legat with great slaughter. This Pope sent one Rustand Legate into Englande …
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader
Printed
… one blow? The pride of heart and desire of more knowledge (like Hamans ambition) ouerthrewoverthrew vs. This sinne was hatched in heauen by the wicked Angels, but throwne out …
With rule
… one blow? The pride of heart and desire of more knowledge (like Hamans ambition) ouerthrewoverthrew vs. This sinne was hatched in heauen by the wicked Angels, but throwne out …
John Lightfoot · Miscellanies Christian and Judaical · p. 184 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and yet in deeds, comming in by ſome hidden and cloſely carried circumſtance, men ouerthrewoverthrew the ſame truth. As Ioab ſpake with his mouth peaceable vnto Abner, and with …
With rule
… and yet in deeds, comming in by ſome hidden and cloſely carried circumſtance, men ouerthrewoverthrew the ſame truth. As Ioab ſpake with his mouth peaceable vnto Abner, and with …
Josias Nichols · Abrahams Faith · p. 149 · Open in the reader

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