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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6001 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

lovverlower

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

Puritas changed it
22 times in 17 works
Consistency
100% (22 of 22)
Reach if approved
~23 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: lower
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
22 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (22 changes in 17 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 22)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … dravvs up: So the more the Soul is emptied of it self, and the lovverlower it is let dovvn by humility, the more it fetcheth out of the Well …
    With rule
    … dravvs up: So the more the Soul is emptied of it self, and the lovverlower it is let dovvn by humility, the more it fetcheth out of the Well …

    Thomas Watson · The Holy Eucharist · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … novv if the higher that God raiſeth you in your eſtates or othervviſe, the lovverlower you are, here is true humility. Let the Brother of high degree be ſo …
    With rule
    … novv if the higher that God raiſeth you in your eſtates or othervviſe, the lovverlower you are, here is true humility. Let the Brother of high degree be ſo …

    Jeremiah Burroughs · Four Books on Matthew 11 · p. 535 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … ſonne of man, that thou viſitest him, for thou haſt made him a littel lovverlower then the Angels, and haſt crowned him vvith honour, and glorie, and hath put …
    With rule
    … ſonne of man, that thou viſitest him, for thou haſt made him a littel lovverlower then the Angels, and haſt crowned him vvith honour, and glorie, and hath put …

    John Forbes · Preparative Sermon to the Lords Table · p. 40 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … for the field, and another for the chayre of State, or the Preſence. The lovverlower …e looketh in the field, the higher he is; and the leſſer he is …
    With rule
    … for the field, and another for the chayre of State, or the Preſence. The lovverlower …e looketh in the field, the higher he is; and the leſſer he is …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 70 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … of the ſame 4th com: they vvill none of. Were theſe Miniſters of the lovverlower ranke for zeale, & of the Number of thoſe vvhich are not accounted ſo zelouſe …
    With rule
    … of the ſame 4th com: they vvill none of. Were theſe Miniſters of the lovverlower ranke for zeale, & of the Number of thoſe vvhich are not accounted ſo zelouſe …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 119 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … firſt to the thief: and ſo, Hades for the fathers to be a degree LovverLower: as doth Baſil on pf. 49. yet he checketh himſelf.
    With rule
    … firſt to the thief: and ſo, Hades for the fathers to be a degree LovverLower: as doth Baſil on pf. 49. yet he checketh himſelf.

    Hugh Broughton · Positions of the Word Hades · p. 5 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Betvveen the higheſt reaſons carrying the chiefeſt force, and leading along vvith them the lovverlower ones, and the lovverlower doing all vvithout the higher, for vvant of vvhich they …
    With rule
    … Betvveen the higheſt reaſons carrying the chiefeſt force, and leading along vvith them the lovverlower ones, and the lovverlower doing all vvithout the higher, for vvant of vvhich they …

    Thomas Beverley · The General Inefficacy and Insincerity of a Death-Bed Repentance · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Paſtoral Duties in them. The Deputies of the Principality of Bearne, and of the LovverLower Guyenne, were heard replying to him, and afterward the Synod ordained that the Portions …
    With rule
    … Paſtoral Duties in them. The Deputies of the Principality of Bearne, and of the LovverLower Guyenne, were heard replying to him, and afterward the Synod ordained that the Portions …

    John Quick · The Acts of Famous National Councils of the Reformed Churches in France · p. 110 · 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.