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Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6061 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvaterswaters

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

Puritas changed it
218 times in 97 works
Consistency
100% (218 of 218)
Reach if approved
~229 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: waters
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
218 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (218 changes in 97 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 218)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … comes hovering about the Ark, as deſiring to be taken in: but after the vvaterswaters vvere aſſwaged, he ſent out a Dove, vvhich returned to him no more. So …
    With rule
    … comes hovering about the Ark, as deſiring to be taken in: but after the vvaterswaters vvere aſſwaged, he ſent out a Dove, vvhich returned to him no more. So …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 118 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … rule the Beaſt whereon he rideth, and ſhe hath made them all unſtable as VVatersWaters, for ſhe ſate upon Peoples, Multitudes, Nations and Tongues, and all the Kings of …
    With rule
    … rule the Beaſt whereon he rideth, and ſhe hath made them all unſtable as VVatersWaters, for ſhe ſate upon Peoples, Multitudes, Nations and Tongues, and all the Kings of …

    Richard Moore · The Redemption of the Seed of God at Hand · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … that you thankfully record Sea-Mercies, and Sea-Deliverances; this is Muſick of the VVatersWaters; this makes Melody in God's Eares. Sea-Prayers and Sea-Praiſes come up acceptably …
    With rule
    … that you thankfully record Sea-Mercies, and Sea-Deliverances; this is Muſick of the VVatersWaters; this makes Melody in God's Eares. Sea-Prayers and Sea-Praiſes come up acceptably …

    James Janeway · A Token for Mariners · p. 129 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … man, to quicken himſelf naturally, or to raiſe up himſelf unto life againe. The vvaterswaters of the ſea, vvhereof Ezechiel ſpeaketh (called the dead ſea, vvhere Sodome and Gomorrha …
    With rule
    … man, to quicken himſelf naturally, or to raiſe up himſelf unto life againe. The vvaterswaters of the ſea, vvhereof Ezechiel ſpeaketh (called the dead ſea, vvhere Sodome and Gomorrha …

    Francis Johnson · A Christian Plea · p. 235 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … after much tillage are often barren, whereas the lowe valleis by the streames of vvaterswaters passing through them are very fruitefull: and the gifts of God ioyned vvith a …
    With rule
    … after much tillage are often barren, whereas the lowe valleis by the streames of vvaterswaters passing through them are very fruitefull: and the gifts of God ioyned vvith a …

    William Perkins · Exposition of the Apostles Creed · p. 341 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … in the meane while the ſoules of many infantes never purified by the ſaving vvaterswaters of baptiſme, abide in perpetuall corruption. And is it in deed pernicious to teach …
    With rule
    … in the meane while the ſoules of many infantes never purified by the ſaving vvaterswaters of baptiſme, abide in perpetuall corruption. And is it in deed pernicious to teach …

    Zacharias Ursinus · Collection of Discourses · p. 21 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    It is a daungerous thing, to commit himselfe to the vvaterswaters.
    With rule
    It is a daungerous thing, to commit himselfe to the vvaterswaters.

    Leonhard Culmann · Latin Grammar · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … tyed his preſence to vs at that time, Eſay 43. 2. When thou paſſeſt thorow the vvaterswaters, I will be with thee, &c. But eſpecially this priuiledge belongeth to ſuch afflictions …
    With rule
    … tyed his preſence to vs at that time, Eſay 43. 2. When thou paſſeſt thorow the vvaterswaters, I will be with thee, &c. But eſpecially this priuiledge belongeth to ſuch afflictions …

    Daniel Dyke · Two Treatises · p. 370 · 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.