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preuentionprevention

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it
323 times in 152 works
Consistency
96.4% (323 of 335)
Reach if approved
~352 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: prevention
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
335 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (323 changes in 152 works, 96.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 323)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … but they are ſtrangers, and therfore be warie of them and by way of preuentionprevention: Stand in the waies and ſee, and aske for the old pathes, where is …
    With rule
    … but they are ſtrangers, and therfore be warie of them and by way of preuentionprevention: Stand in the waies and ſee, and aske for the old pathes, where is …

    Humphrey Lynde · The Safe Way Leading All Christians · p. 323 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … the ſcope is not that all are ſinners; but to ſhew by way of preuentionprevention; that though the Iewes as well as the Gentiles be vnder ſin: yet haue …
    With rule
    … the ſcope is not that all are ſinners; but to ſhew by way of preuentionprevention; that though the Iewes as well as the Gentiles be vnder ſin: yet haue …

    Richard Bernard · The Faithful Shepherd · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … feather, the women a bodkin. They are much troubled with a stinging flie, for preuentionprevention where … they rubbe themselues with certaine kinds of grease and oiles. They paint their …
    With rule
    … feather, the women a bodkin. They are much troubled with a stinging flie, for preuentionprevention where … they rubbe themselues with certaine kinds of grease and oiles. They paint their …

    Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 630 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … others. Whether this be added as a reaſon to diſſwade ſecuritie; or as a preuentionprevention, to: cut off what ſome might obiect, I will not ouer-buſily inquire. It …
    With rule
    … others. Whether this be added as a reaſon to diſſwade ſecuritie; or as a preuentionprevention, to: cut off what ſome might obiect, I will not ouer-buſily inquire. It …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 424 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … so far from intending his hurt, that they tend to his amendment. 4. For the preuentionprevention of such hurt as may arise to some other by a scandalous and wicked …
    With rule
    … so far from intending his hurt, that they tend to his amendment. 4. For the preuentionprevention of such hurt as may arise to some other by a scandalous and wicked …

    Thomas Taylor · Commentary on Titus · p. 566 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    2. Others, to make surer preuentionprevention against their sight of heauen, haue rolled the whole earth betwixt that and their …
    With rule
    2. Others, to make surer preuentionprevention against their sight of heauen, haue rolled the whole earth betwixt that and their …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 304 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … Manna are preſerued. the one reſtraining vs from ſinne to come by a happy preuentionprevention, the other aſſuring vs pardon of ſinne paſt with a bleſſed conſolation. Let vs …
    With rule
    … Manna are preſerued. the one reſtraining vs from ſinne to come by a happy preuentionprevention, the other aſſuring vs pardon of ſinne paſt with a bleſſed conſolation. Let vs …

    Thomas Adams · The Temple · p. 58 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … nor no Courts held but by the Kings ſole autority, and all this for preuentionprevention of backsliding to Popery: yet the Prelats againſt theſe ſpeciall decrees and ſtatutes, keepe …
    With rule
    … nor no Courts held but by the Kings ſole autority, and all this for preuentionprevention of backsliding to Popery: yet the Prelats againſt theſe ſpeciall decrees and ſtatutes, keepe …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (12)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Happiness of the Church A01956

  • Printed
    … Physician that keeps diseases off vs, then he that cures them beeing on vs. PreuentionPrevention is so much better then healing, because it saues the labour of being sicke …
    With rule
    … Physician that keeps diseases off vs, then he that cures them beeing on vs. PreuentionPrevention is so much better then healing, because it saues the labour of being sicke …

    Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 145 · Open in the reader

A Guide to Go to God A01975

  • Printed
    4. Suppreſſion of all the luſts of the fleſh, after they are riſen vp. PreuentionPrevention of them is implied in the former part of this Petition. If that be …
    With rule
    4. Suppreſſion of all the luſts of the fleſh, after they are riſen vp. PreuentionPrevention of them is implied in the former part of this Petition. If that be …

    William Gouge · A Guide to Go to God · p. 264 · Open in the reader

The Faithful Shepherd A09092

  • Printed
    CHAP. XI. Of PreuentionPrevention of Obiections.
    With rule
    CHAP. XI. Of PreuentionPrevention of Obiections.

    Richard Bernard · The Faithful Shepherd · p. 77 · Open in the reader

  • Printed
    AFter Application followes PreuentionPrevention of Obiections: for men are no ſooner ſpoken vnto, but if they diſlike any …
    With rule
    AFter Application followes PreuentionPrevention of Obiections: for men are no ſooner ſpoken vnto, but if they diſlike any …

    Richard Bernard · The Faithful Shepherd · p. 77 · Open in the reader

A Defense of the Sabbath Day A16567

  • Printed
    … care, and other humane & naturall meanes, could doe nothing in this matter, for the PreuentionPrevention of this flight, ſo then prayer being all the meanes that poſſiblie could be …
    With rule
    … care, and other humane & naturall meanes, could doe nothing in this matter, for the PreuentionPrevention of this flight, ſo then prayer being all the meanes that poſſiblie could be …

    Theophilus Brabourne · A Defense of the Sabbath Day · p. 458 · Open in the reader

The Christians Daily Sacrifice A19284

  • Printed
    2 PreuentionPrevention of some sinne wherein wee are like to fall: as securitie, pride, &c. 2. Cor. 12.
    With rule
    2 PreuentionPrevention of some sinne wherein wee are like to fall: as securitie, pride, &c. 2. Cor. 12.

    Thomas Cooper · The Christians Daily Sacrifice · p. 226 · Open in the reader