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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5869 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dovvndown

Two v's (or u's) for w: vvhich → which.

Puritas changed it
209 times in 99 works
Consistency
100% (209 of 209)
Reach if approved
~220 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: down
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
209 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (209 changes in 99 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 209)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … imagined that the English could by their great Guns cause the trees to fall dovvndown and kill the Indians. Furthermore Squantum did wickedly possess them with one delusion about …
    With rule
    … imagined that the English could by their great Guns cause the trees to fall dovvndown and kill the Indians. Furthermore Squantum did wickedly possess them with one delusion about …

    Increase Mather · Relation of the Indian Troubles in New England · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … in secret places for their pride, and mine eyes shall vveep sore and run dovvndown vvith tears. My Soul and Eye shall weep together. You shall observe that those …
    With rule
    … in secret places for their pride, and mine eyes shall vveep sore and run dovvndown vvith tears. My Soul and Eye shall weep together. You shall observe that those …

    George Newton · Sermon at Funeral of Joseph Aleine · p. 8 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … but for that meat vvhich endureth vnto eternal life.] In this deſcription, is ſet dovvndown not only that for vvhich vve ſhould labour, but a forcible argument, to moue …
    With rule
    … but for that meat vvhich endureth vnto eternal life.] In this deſcription, is ſet dovvndown not only that for vvhich vve ſhould labour, but a forcible argument, to moue …

    John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 24 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the Lavv allovveth, is the very same in substance vvith that vvhich is sett dovvndown in the vvord.
    With rule
    … the Lavv allovveth, is the very same in substance vvith that vvhich is sett dovvndown in the vvord.

    Francis Johnson · The Ministry of the Church of England · p. 79 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … may be wiſe. The LORD in this doing vvill haue His diſciples to ſit dovvndown in the ſchoole of vvomen, to learne of them that glorious reſurrection, He vvil …
    With rule
    … may be wiſe. The LORD in this doing vvill haue His diſciples to ſit dovvndown in the ſchoole of vvomen, to learne of them that glorious reſurrection, He vvil …

    Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 267 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … Consider that (according to Bernard his observation of these blind vvynding staires that leade dovvndown to destruction) this Hierarchie vvhich in the beginning seemed a vveight so insupportable, that …
    With rule
    … Consider that (according to Bernard his observation of these blind vvynding staires that leade dovvndown to destruction) this Hierarchie vvhich in the beginning seemed a vveight so insupportable, that …

    David Calderwood · The Pastor and the Prelate · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … I am not novv to deal vvith a true ſincere heart. I am laying dovvndown means for the cure of a falſe heart, and a great one this is …
    With rule
    … I am not novv to deal vvith a true ſincere heart. I am laying dovvndown means for the cure of a falſe heart, and a great one this is …

    Samuel Bolton · The Dead Saint Speaking to Saints and Sinners Living · p. 339 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … vve have ſomething this day on publick record, I muſt here craveliberty to ſet dovvndown a fevv moe, more late inſtances of our ovvn Church in Scotland to confirm …
    With rule
    … vve have ſomething this day on publick record, I muſt here craveliberty to ſet dovvndown a fevv moe, more late inſtances of our ovvn Church in Scotland to confirm …

    Robert Flemming · The Fulfilling of the Scripture · p. 249 · 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.