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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5879 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

dravvdraw

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

Puritas changed it
96 times in 60 works
Consistency
100% (96 of 96)
Reach if approved
~101 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: draw
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
96 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (96 changes in 60 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 96)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … gather argumentes to proue thoſe Idols falſe deuils and their vvorshippe Idolatry, and to dravvdraw thoſe Idolaters from their barbarous infidelitie to the faith of Chriſt. The ſame pagans …
    With rule
    … gather argumentes to proue thoſe Idols falſe deuils and their vvorshippe Idolatry, and to dravvdraw thoſe Idolaters from their barbarous infidelitie to the faith of Chriſt. The ſame pagans …

    Thomas Sampson · Warning to Take Heed of Fowlers Psalter · p. 106 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the earth, I will draw all to my selfe, meaning by his Passion to dravvdraw all people from Heathenish Idolatrie to serve him.
    With rule
    … the earth, I will draw all to my selfe, meaning by his Passion to dravvdraw all people from Heathenish Idolatrie to serve him.

    Archbishop George Abbot · Doctor Hills Reasons for Upholding of Papistry Unmasked · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … this is a ſpring that can neuer be dravvn dry, & therfore let vs boldly dravvdraw out of it, and vve ſhall bee ſure to find alwaies more and more …
    With rule
    … this is a ſpring that can neuer be dravvn dry, & therfore let vs boldly dravvdraw out of it, and vve ſhall bee ſure to find alwaies more and more …

    John Calvin · Sermon on the History of Melchizedek · p. 210 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … the ſpiritual Temples of the living God do excel that of Solomon. Wherefore, to dravvdraw an argument thence, for the conſecrating of Lands in a proper ſenſe for the …
    With rule
    … the ſpiritual Temples of the living God do excel that of Solomon. Wherefore, to dravvdraw an argument thence, for the conſecrating of Lands in a proper ſenſe for the …

    Cornelius Burges · A Case Concerning the Buying of Bishops Land · p. 17 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … ſo conſolidated, and he is ſo vvell read in his prudentials, that he muſt dravvdraw bridle, and ſpeak ſpareingly, and only whiſper out what he would faine be at …
    With rule
    … ſo conſolidated, and he is ſo vvell read in his prudentials, that he muſt dravvdraw bridle, and ſpeak ſpareingly, and only whiſper out what he would faine be at …

    James Stewart · The Peoples Right to Defend Themselves and their Covenanted Religion · p. 440 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    I ſhal not handle all theſe diſtinctly, but ſhall dravvdraw them into one grand Concluſion, and in handling that, I ſhall touch and clear …
    With rule
    I ſhal not handle all theſe diſtinctly, but ſhall dravvdraw them into one grand Concluſion, and in handling that, I ſhall touch and clear …

    John Chishull · Two Treatises · p. 14 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    Sir, you have now another Load-ſtone to dravvdraw your heart Heaven-ward. The great and mighty God enable you to ſubmit to …
    With rule
    Sir, you have now another Load-ſtone to dravvdraw your heart Heaven-ward. The great and mighty God enable you to ſubmit to …

    Ralph Robinson · Safe Conduct · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … his Angels at his cōmaundement. Calvin alſo ſaith, the prophane men thought not to dravvdraw the onely God frō his heavenly throne, vvhen they feyned to themſelves many Gods …
    With rule
    … his Angels at his cōmaundement. Calvin alſo ſaith, the prophane men thought not to dravvdraw the onely God frō his heavenly throne, vvhen they feyned to themſelves many Gods …

    Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 123 · 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.