Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #549 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

definitiuedefinitive

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

Puritas changed it: 258 times in 119 works
Consistency: 99.6% (258 of 259)
Reach if approved: ~272 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: definitive
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 259 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (258 changes in 119 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 258)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… and that we ſinne not at all, if wee beleeue them not before the definitiuedefinitive ſentence of the Church. But we hold this to be falſe alſo, to ſay …
With rule
… and that we ſinne not at all, if wee beleeue them not before the definitiuedefinitive ſentence of the Church. But we hold this to be falſe alſo, to ſay …
Robert Rollock · Gods Effectual Calling · p. 80 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Bishop of Alexandria favoured the heresie of Nestorius: but in respect hee gaue out definitiuedefinitive sentence before the full number of his brethren were assembled together. This dissention was …
With rule
… Bishop of Alexandria favoured the heresie of Nestorius: but in respect hee gaue out definitiuedefinitive sentence before the full number of his brethren were assembled together. This dissention was …
Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 335 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ouer the other part also, being indifferently heard, their proofes alleadged, seene, and weighed, DefinitiueDefinitive sentence', hath vpon great deliberation been giuen against you, of God by his woorde …
With rule
… ouer the other part also, being indifferently heard, their proofes alleadged, seene, and weighed, DefinitiueDefinitive sentence', hath vpon great deliberation been giuen against you, of God by his woorde …
Perceval Wiburn · Reproof of Howlets Untimely Shrieking · Open in the reader
Printed
… after he had yelded a reaſonable & lawful anſwere) one of the iudges read the definitiuedefinitive ſentence againſt him.
With rule
… after he had yelded a reaſonable & lawful anſwere) one of the iudges read the definitiuedefinitive ſentence againſt him.
John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 331 · Open in the reader
Printed
… h…s, I hope there is no man so farre gone, to pronounce any definitiuedefinitive sentence vpon all those that departed this life in popery. That being th'onely office …
With rule
… h…s, I hope there is no man so farre gone, to pronounce any definitiuedefinitive sentence vpon all those that departed this life in popery. That being th'onely office …
Job Throckmorton · Some Laid Open in his Colors · p. 27 · Open in the reader
Printed
… much leſſe in matters of ſo great conſequence, to ſettle their conſciences vpon the definitiuedefinitive ſentence of any perſon abſolutely: that is, ſo far as to renounce any thing …
With rule
… much leſſe in matters of ſo great conſequence, to ſettle their conſciences vpon the definitiuedefinitive ſentence of any perſon abſolutely: that is, ſo far as to renounce any thing …
Henry Jacob · A Christian and Modest Offer · p. 40 · Open in the reader
Printed
… others ought to be inſtructed, and from whom all iudiciall Courts ought to fetch definitiuedefinitive ſentence (as your peſtiferous clawbackes doe arrogantly vaunt) but I follow the example of …
With rule
… others ought to be inſtructed, and from whom all iudiciall Courts ought to fetch definitiuedefinitive ſentence (as your peſtiferous clawbackes doe arrogantly vaunt) but I follow the example of …
Martin Luther · The Liberty of a Christian · Open in the reader
Printed
… of the euent of the thing. And this decree being once laid down, the definitiuedefinitive foreknowledge is conceiued, whereby it is knowne what shall come to passe infallibly.
With rule
… of the euent of the thing. And this decree being once laid down, the definitiuedefinitive foreknowledge is conceiued, whereby it is knowne what shall come to passe infallibly.
William Perkins · Predestination · p. 116 · 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.