Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #694 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deuisingdevising

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

Puritas changed it: 423 times in 224 works
Consistency: 100% (423 of 423)
Reach if approved: ~444 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devising
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 423 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (423 changes in 224 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 423)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… thou wouldſt haue Diſcipline, we are not without it, though without that of thy deuiſingdevising. If thou wouldſt haue the preaching of the Word, we haue it, I may …
With rule
… thou wouldſt haue Diſcipline, we are not without it, though without that of thy deuiſingdevising. If thou wouldſt haue the preaching of the Word, we haue it, I may …
Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 264 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Iewes, Nehem. 6. 6. which Nehemie there worthily putteth off, as a fiction of his owne deuiſingdevising: Nehem. 6. 8. Whether Nehemie and the reſt were annointed with oyle or no, I paſſe …
With rule
… Iewes, Nehem. 6. 6. which Nehemie there worthily putteth off, as a fiction of his owne deuiſingdevising: Nehem. 6. 8. Whether Nehemie and the reſt were annointed with oyle or no, I paſſe …
Henry Finch · The Calling of the Jews · p. 163 · Open in the reader
Printed
… be repelled and vanquiſhed, when he is not; they be means of his own deuiſingdevising, which he hath taught by thoſe that haue familiarity with him.
With rule
… be repelled and vanquiſhed, when he is not; they be means of his own deuiſingdevising, which he hath taught by thoſe that haue familiarity with him.
George Gifford · Sermons Upon Divers Texts · p. 65 · Open in the reader
Printed
… when as yet as he did act nothing outwardly. Next followeth the endeuour and deuisingdevising by al meanes possible to bring it to passe, as Iezabel did to bring …
With rule
… when as yet as he did act nothing outwardly. Next followeth the endeuour and deuisingdevising by al meanes possible to bring it to passe, as Iezabel did to bring …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 703 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the continuall working and tempering of the Popisher …e…they are continually plotting and deuisingdevising treasons, mutinies, murthers: They brag in their talks, and swords are in their lips …
With rule
… the continuall working and tempering of the Popisher …e…they are continually plotting and deuisingdevising treasons, mutinies, murthers: They brag in their talks, and swords are in their lips …
Samuel Hieron · Three Sermons 2 · p. 37 · Open in the reader
Printed
… counsell, then thus without all reuerence, and feare to trouble your foolish braines, in deuisingdevising such absurdities, as may seme to oppugne gods eternall veritie, which in the ende …
With rule
… counsell, then thus without all reuerence, and feare to trouble your foolish braines, in deuisingdevising such absurdities, as may seme to oppugne gods eternall veritie, which in the ende …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 351 · Open in the reader
Printed
… word, hath chosen, he ouerthroweth all kindes of worship, and religion of mans owne deuisingdevising and choosing, whereof there was an infinite number among the Iewes. For thus they …
With rule
… word, hath chosen, he ouerthroweth all kindes of worship, and religion of mans owne deuisingdevising and choosing, whereof there was an infinite number among the Iewes. For thus they …
Martin Luther · Commentary on the Psalms of Ascent · p. 279 · Open in the reader
Printed
… owne which be moſt falſe. And the ouer-witty rakehels of theſe times, who deuiſingdevising and ſpreading falſe newes, account it the beſt ſport to deceiue the credulous and …
With rule
… owne which be moſt falſe. And the ouer-witty rakehels of theſe times, who deuiſingdevising and ſpreading falſe newes, account it the beſt ſport to deceiue the credulous and …
John Mayer · The English Catechism Explained · p. 389 · 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.