Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #682 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

cleauethcleaveth

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

Puritas changed it: 348 times in 178 works
Consistency: 100% (348 of 348)
Reach if approved: ~366 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: cleaveth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 348 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (348 changes in 178 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 348)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of man is deceitfull aboue all things, and there is a ſpirituall Guile which cleauethcleaveth cloſe vnto vs, ſo that thou mayeſt both make me beleeue by proteſtations, and …
With rule
… of man is deceitfull aboue all things, and there is a ſpirituall Guile which cleauethcleaveth cloſe vnto vs, ſo that thou mayeſt both make me beleeue by proteſtations, and …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons · p. 71 · Open in the reader
Printed
… lucre, but herberous, one y^t loueth goodnes, sobre minded, rightuous, holy, temperate, & such as cleauethcleaveth vnto y^e true word of doctrine, that he may be able to exhorte w^t …
With rule
… lucre, but herberous, one y^t loueth goodnes, sobre minded, rightuous, holy, temperate, & such as cleauethcleaveth vnto y^e true word of doctrine, that he may be able to exhorte w^t …
David Lindsay · The Tragical Death of David Beaton · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſerpent ſhal ſting him. He that remoueth ſtones ſhall hurt himſelfe thereby, & he that cleauethcleaveth wood, ſhall be in daunger thereby.
With rule
… ſerpent ſhal ſting him. He that remoueth ſtones ſhall hurt himſelfe thereby, & he that cleauethcleaveth wood, ſhall be in daunger thereby.
Martin Luther · Exposition of Ecclesiastes · Open in the reader
Printed
… in this fratle membres, to stick vnto thee, as it is written, he that cleauethcleaveth vnto the Lorde is all one spirit with him. Geue me therfore I beseche …
With rule
… in this fratle membres, to stick vnto thee, as it is written, he that cleauethcleaveth vnto the Lorde is all one spirit with him. Geue me therfore I beseche …
Thomas Becon · The Pomander of Prayer · Open in the reader
Printed
… abſolute power in a thing indifferent? know they not, that when an il circumſtance cleauethcleaveth to their vſe, that then deſinunt eſſe adiaphora? Adiaphororum naturam exuunt? libera eſſe deſinunt …
With rule
… abſolute power in a thing indifferent? know they not, that when an il circumſtance cleauethcleaveth to their vſe, that then deſinunt eſſe adiaphora? Adiaphororum naturam exuunt? libera eſſe deſinunt …
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
Galmano writeth of a small vermine in Sian, which cleauethcleaveth fast to the trunke of the Elephant, and thence sucketh out his bloud and …
With rule
Galmano writeth of a small vermine in Sian, which cleauethcleaveth fast to the trunke of the Elephant, and thence sucketh out his bloud and …
Samuel Purchas · Pilgrimage · p. 434 · Open in the reader
Printed
… violēce it breaketh out, and one whyle shaketh the earth, another whyle rendeth and cleauethcleaveth the same, sometyme it casteth vp the earth, a great heyght into the ayre …
With rule
… violēce it breaketh out, and one whyle shaketh the earth, another whyle rendeth and cleauethcleaveth the same, sometyme it casteth vp the earth, a great heyght into the ayre …
William Fulke · A Goodly Gallery · Open in the reader
Printed
not to let him goe till, &c.) The faithfull man, with purpoſe of heart cleauethcleaveth to the Lord, (as Barnabas did exhort, Act 11. 23.) and hath a holy purpoſe, and …
With rule
not to let him goe till, &c.) The faithfull man, with purpoſe of heart cleauethcleaveth to the Lord, (as Barnabas did exhort, Act 11. 23.) and hath a holy purpoſe, and …
Henry Finch · Exposition of the Song of Solomon · p. 90 · 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.