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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #5966 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

bestovvedbestowed

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

Puritas changed it
44 times in 28 works
Consistency
100% (44 of 44)
Reach if approved
~46 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: bestowed
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
44 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (44 changes in 28 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 44)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … one the dayes in which the blessing and benefits solemnized and celebrated were first bestovvedbestowed one men.
    With rule
    … one the dayes in which the blessing and benefits solemnized and celebrated were first bestovvedbestowed one men.

    George Walker · The Doctrine of the Sabbath · p. 59 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … none other could haue cleared our Goſpel R. cant. being honored vvith a copy beſtovvedbestowed termes vntolerable. j complain to your LL. and he to the LL. of Amſteldam …
    With rule
    … none other could haue cleared our Goſpel R. cant. being honored vvith a copy beſtovvedbestowed termes vntolerable. j complain to your LL. and he to the LL. of Amſteldam …

    Hugh Broughton · An Answer Unto a Complaint · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … inioy hir bliſſed reigne. To the furtherance of vvhich things I haue heere preſently beſtovvedbestowed (and by Gods grace ſhall not ceaſſe hereafter to beſtovve) my faithfull trauell, that …
    With rule
    … inioy hir bliſſed reigne. To the furtherance of vvhich things I haue heere preſently beſtovvedbestowed (and by Gods grace ſhall not ceaſſe hereafter to beſtovve) my faithfull trauell, that …

    John Calvin · Sermons on Galatians · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … ordained these misteries and holy actions, to keepe in continuall memory his great benifits bestovvedbestowed vpon man, to seale vp his promises, and as it were to offer vnto …
    With rule
    … ordained these misteries and holy actions, to keepe in continuall memory his great benifits bestovvedbestowed vpon man, to seale vp his promises, and as it were to offer vnto …

    William Attersoll · The Badges of Christianity · p. 6 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … the reſt of the vvorks of God are not vvorth the coſt that he beſtovvedbestowed in the vvhite vvaſhing of this vvork.
    With rule
    … the reſt of the vvorks of God are not vvorth the coſt that he beſtovvedbestowed in the vvhite vvaſhing of this vvork.

    Edward Marbury · Commentary on Habakkuk · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … therefore, though the fatnes and the ſtrength of our Euchariſticall ſacrifice, ought to be beſtovvedbestowed upon the Lord, yet be not unmindfull of thoſe, whom the Lord hath uſed …
    With rule
    … therefore, though the fatnes and the ſtrength of our Euchariſticall ſacrifice, ought to be beſtovvedbestowed upon the Lord, yet be not unmindfull of thoſe, whom the Lord hath uſed …

    Joseph Caryl · Englands Hoped Mercies and Required Duties · p. 39 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … for me to take the paines, and the paines so taken to be vvel bestovvedbestowed. Againe vvhen I remembred the spightfull rayling, and the most disdainefull arrogance of Allen …
    With rule
    … for me to take the paines, and the paines so taken to be vvel bestovvedbestowed. Againe vvhen I remembred the spightfull rayling, and the most disdainefull arrogance of Allen …

    William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … vvhatſoeuer it be, vnto your vvorshippe; vvhome (for ſundry good graces, that God hath beſtovvedbestowed vpon you) I do vnfaynedly loue and reuerence in Chriſte. Humbly praying and earneſtly …
    With rule
    … vvhatſoeuer it be, vnto your vvorshippe; vvhome (for ſundry good graces, that God hath beſtovvedbestowed vpon you) I do vnfaynedly loue and reuerence in Chriſte. Humbly praying and earneſtly …

    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.