Waiting for reviewvv → wCandidate #6113 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vvitchcraftwitchcraft

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

Puritas changed it: 22 times in 13 works
Consistency: 100% (22 of 22)
Reach if approved: ~23 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: witchcraft
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 13 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 22)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… for nothing that Divines use to call the world a Witch▪ for as in VVitchcraftWitchcraft mens lives, senses, goods, or cattle are destroyed by … … secret unseen power of the …
With rule
… for nothing that Divines use to call the world a Witch▪ for as in VVitchcraftWitchcraft mens lives, senses, goods, or cattle are destroyed by … … secret unseen power of the …
Richard Baxter · The Saints Everlasting Rest · p. 340 · Open in the reader
Printed
VVItchcraftWitchcraft is a great sin, 1 Chron. 10. 13, 14. God would not have Witches to live, therefore he …
With rule
VVItchcraftWitchcraft is a great sin, 1 Chron. 10. 13, 14. God would not have Witches to live, therefore he …
Edward Leigh · Body of Divinity · p. 387 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſo vile; and abominable, but he can put it off at pleaſure; Adultery, Drunkenneſſe, VVitchcraftWitchcraft, Sodomy, Buggery, Blaſphemy, Idolatry, Atheiſm, any thing that Sathan hath to offer, he'l find …
With rule
… ſo vile; and abominable, but he can put it off at pleaſure; Adultery, Drunkenneſſe, VVitchcraftWitchcraft, Sodomy, Buggery, Blaſphemy, Idolatry, Atheiſm, any thing that Sathan hath to offer, he'l find …
Richard Alleine · A Vindication of Godliness · p. 48 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of grace. Hereſie is a fruit of the Fleſh, as well as Drunkenneſs, or VVitchcraftWitchcraft, Gal. 5. 19, 20: Truth is a piece of Gods Image, as well as Holineſs. The grace …
With rule
… of grace. Hereſie is a fruit of the Fleſh, as well as Drunkenneſs, or VVitchcraftWitchcraft, Gal. 5. 19, 20: Truth is a piece of Gods Image, as well as Holineſs. The grace …
Ralph Robinson · Safe Conduct · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… tranſgreſſion againſt the Second commaundement. Now Samuell ſaith, Rebellion is as the ſinne of vvitchcraftwitchcraft, and tranſgreſſion is vvickednes & Idolatry. See then what aduantage you get by your owne …
With rule
… tranſgreſſion againſt the Second commaundement. Now Samuell ſaith, Rebellion is as the ſinne of vvitchcraftwitchcraft, and tranſgreſſion is vvickednes & Idolatry. See then what aduantage you get by your owne …
Francis Johnson · Answer to Mr Jacobs Defense of the Churches and Ministry of England · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when any, the vry least crosse happeneth vnto them, because they are euer imagining VVitchcraftWitchcraft, and that the onely remedy for helpe is, to seeke vnto these.
With rule
… when any, the vry least crosse happeneth vnto them, because they are euer imagining VVitchcraftWitchcraft, and that the onely remedy for helpe is, to seeke vnto these.
Richard Bernard · A Guide to Grand-jury Men · p. 143 · Open in the reader
Printed
… but by another law, the law of Murther, and not by the law of VVitchcraftWitchcraft. For in this case, he dieth as a murtherer, and not as VVitch, and …
With rule
… but by another law, the law of Murther, and not by the law of VVitchcraftWitchcraft. For in this case, he dieth as a murtherer, and not as VVitch, and …
William Perkins · The Damned Art of Witchcraft · p. 182 · Open in the reader
Printed
… commaunding of the other. And no maruel, for disobedience is as the sinne of vvitchcraftwitchcraft, but obedience is better then sacrifice. And to say the trueth, they are truly …
With rule
… commaunding of the other. And no maruel, for disobedience is as the sinne of vvitchcraftwitchcraft, but obedience is better then sacrifice. And to say the trueth, they are truly …
William Burton · A Sermon Preached 21 December 1589 · 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.