Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #661 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vsestusest

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

Puritas changed it: 97 times in 65 works
Consistency: 100% (97 of 97)
Reach if approved: ~102 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: usest
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 97 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (97 changes in 65 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 97)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… know ſuch things as ought to be done, and not to doe them. Thou vſeſtusest well thy reading of Diuinity, if thou ſetteſt it as a glaſſe before thee …
With rule
… know ſuch things as ought to be done, and not to doe them. Thou vſeſtusest well thy reading of Diuinity, if thou ſetteſt it as a glaſſe before thee …
John Downame · A Guide to Godliness · p. 639 · Open in the reader
Printed
… eſtate of the Iewes NOW, but, ſwimming in pleaſure thy ſelfe, forgetteſt them, and vſeſtusest no meanes to helpe them, thou, and thy fathers houſe ſhall be deſtroyed .
With rule
… eſtate of the Iewes NOW, but, ſwimming in pleaſure thy ſelfe, forgetteſt them, and vſeſtusest no meanes to helpe them, thou, and thy fathers houſe ſhall be deſtroyed .
Thomas Barnes · The Wisemans Forecast Against the Evil Time · p. 26 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and in a thankfull acknowledgement. Thou art madde, O elate and puffed spirite, that vsestusest, abusest, takest, swallowest the blessings of heauen without gratitude. Nones dignus pane, quo vescer …
With rule
… and in a thankfull acknowledgement. Thou art madde, O elate and puffed spirite, that vsestusest, abusest, takest, swallowest the blessings of heauen without gratitude. Nones dignus pane, quo vescer …
Thomas Adams · Mystical Bedlam · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
Now whan thou takeſt holde thus of Gods promyſes thorow fayth, and vſeſtusest thē for ſpere and ſhylde to defende thy ſelfe, and to ſmyte Satan, then …
With rule
Now whan thou takeſt holde thus of Gods promyſes thorow fayth, and vſeſtusest thē for ſpere and ſhylde to defende thy ſelfe, and to ſmyte Satan, then …
Andreas Osiander · Whether a Christian Man Ought to Flee the Plague · Open in the reader
Printed
2 Anſw: But thou takeſt vſury of thy brother, therfore this condemneth thee, becauſe thou vſeſtusest thy brother like a ſtranger.
With rule
2 Anſw: But thou takeſt vſury of thy brother, therfore this condemneth thee, becauſe thou vſeſtusest thy brother like a ſtranger.
Gabriel Powel · Theological and Scholastical Positions Concerning Usury · p. 42 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Vsurie: but thou takest Vsury of thy brother, therfore this cōdemneth thee, because thou vsestusest thy brother like a stranger. Here stranger doth signifie the Iews enimies, whom they …
With rule
… Vsurie: but thou takest Vsury of thy brother, therfore this cōdemneth thee, because thou vsestusest thy brother like a stranger. Here stranger doth signifie the Iews enimies, whom they …
Henry Smith · The Examination of Usury · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… truly an excéeding great force of thy glorious kingdom that thou (moſte mightye God) vſeſtusest in the defence of the Godly, and ouerthrowing of the enuious and rebellious people …
With rule
… truly an excéeding great force of thy glorious kingdom that thou (moſte mightye God) vſeſtusest in the defence of the Godly, and ouerthrowing of the enuious and rebellious people …
Peter Martyr Vermigli · Godly Prayers out of Davids Psalms · Open in the reader
Printed
… is accepted and taken for the deede: what graces thou vnfeinedly desirest, and constantly vsestusest the meanes to attaine, thou hast; so the sinne thou striuest against, thou hast …
With rule
… is accepted and taken for the deede: what graces thou vnfeinedly desirest, and constantly vsestusest the meanes to attaine, thou hast; so the sinne thou striuest against, thou hast …
Nicholas Byfield · An Exposition Upon Colossians · p. 56 · 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.