Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5965 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bestovvbestow

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

Puritas changed it: 21 times in 19 works
Consistency: 100% (21 of 21)
Reach if approved: ~22 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: bestow
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 21 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (21 changes in 19 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 21)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… their old popish pelfe. I did not peruſe it, neither do I entende to beſtovvbestow any labour thereabout. For manye yeares are paſſed, ſithence I did leaue my Primer …
With rule
… their old popish pelfe. I did not peruſe it, neither do I entende to beſtovvbestow any labour thereabout. For manye yeares are paſſed, ſithence I did leaue my Primer …
Thomas Sampson · Warning to Take Heed of Fowlers Psalter · p. 3 · Open in the reader
Printed
… at vacanttimes to get their ovvne liuing, and to prouide some thing also to bestovvbestow vpon them vvho stand in need rathēr then to be idle, and to stand …
With rule
… at vacanttimes to get their ovvne liuing, and to prouide some thing also to bestovvbestow vpon them vvho stand in need rathēr then to be idle, and to stand …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 509 · Open in the reader
Printed
… part is paſt in ſilence: as for a preparatiō: that latter halfe doth Chriſt beſtovvbestow in confirming the Teſtament for many: Beginning at his baptiſme: ending at his death …
With rule
… part is paſt in ſilence: as for a preparatiō: that latter halfe doth Chriſt beſtovvbestow in confirming the Teſtament for many: Beginning at his baptiſme: ending at his death …
Hugh Broughton · A Consent of Scripture · Open in the reader
Printed
… and fro / open his whole pack off ſubtilties / and as yt is in prouerb beſtovvbestow both …vet and dry.
With rule
… and fro / open his whole pack off ſubtilties / and as yt is in prouerb beſtovvbestow both …vet and dry.
Thomas Cartwright · A Second Reply to an Answer Made by Doctor Whitgift Part 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Chriſt, which by his blood he hes purchaſed, and aſcended up on high to beſtovvbestow as a gift upon it; as being the very Goſpell-Miniſtery in it's Simplicity …
With rule
… Chriſt, which by his blood he hes purchaſed, and aſcended up on high to beſtovvbestow as a gift upon it; as being the very Goſpell-Miniſtery in it's Simplicity …
James Stewart · The Wrestlings of the Church of Scotland · p. 239 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be giuen after his death, or else by that almes, vvhich other men doe bestovvbestow for his soules sake, of their ovvne goods. 238.
With rule
… be giuen after his death, or else by that almes, vvhich other men doe bestovvbestow for his soules sake, of their ovvne goods. 238.
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · Open in the reader
Printed
As for the major, the adversaries cannot doubt of that, vvhich bestovvbestow dignity and honour upon their Bishops, according to the place and degree they had …
With rule
As for the major, the adversaries cannot doubt of that, vvhich bestovvbestow dignity and honour upon their Bishops, according to the place and degree they had …
John Bastwick · Answer to John Banks · p. 9 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the perſonne of the giuer, neither yet vvhat right and authoritie he hath to beſtovvbestow the thinges giuen; vvhich blockiſhneſſe of the aduerſaries, is rather to be lamented, becauſe …
With rule
… the perſonne of the giuer, neither yet vvhat right and authoritie he hath to beſtovvbestow the thinges giuen; vvhich blockiſhneſſe of the aduerſaries, is rather to be lamented, becauſe …
Theodore Beza · The True and Visible Marks of the Catholic Church · 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.