Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #738 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

reuilingreviling

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

Puritas changed it: 264 times in 148 works
Consistency: 98.1% (264 of 269)
Reach if approved: ~283 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: reviling
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 269 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (264 changes in 148 works, 98.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 264)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… afflict them, but the ſinne of the act; not ſpeech from Shemei, but ſinfull reuilingreviling ſpeech was Dauids exerciſe. Wherefore being not abſolutely euill, but good to God in …
With rule
… afflict them, but the ſinne of the act; not ſpeech from Shemei, but ſinfull reuilingreviling ſpeech was Dauids exerciſe. Wherefore being not abſolutely euill, but good to God in …
Paul Baynes · Commentary Upon Ephesians 1 · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hee brake in peeces the braſen Serpent which Moſes had made: he hearing the reuilingreviling wordes of Rabſhakeh, humbled himſelfe before the Lord, and the Augel of the Lord …
With rule
… hee brake in peeces the braſen Serpent which Moſes had made: he hearing the reuilingreviling wordes of Rabſhakeh, humbled himſelfe before the Lord, and the Augel of the Lord …
Eusebius Pagit · The History of the Bible · p. 144 · Open in the reader
Printed
Where we see, that they which serue God, they must looke for slanders, reuilingreviling, reprochings. He which desires to liue well, to worship and serue God, he must …
With rule
Where we see, that they which serue God, they must looke for slanders, reuilingreviling, reprochings. He which desires to liue well, to worship and serue God, he must …
William Perkins · Lectures Upon Revelation 1-3 · p. 167 · Open in the reader
Printed
… becommeth honeſt temperat and ſober men, we abhorre from that ſtagelike vnſeemlines of malepert reuilingreviling, and railing againſt thoſe, that haue bin famous men, both for their godlines and …
With rule
… becommeth honeſt temperat and ſober men, we abhorre from that ſtagelike vnſeemlines of malepert reuilingreviling, and railing againſt thoſe, that haue bin famous men, both for their godlines and …
Theodore Beza · Propositions and Principles of Divinity Disputed · Open in the reader
Printed
… vvoman tempteth him. This temptation is by a ſober inſtrument, neither vttered ſhe any reuilingreviling vvordes vnto him: yet neuertheleſſe Peter falleth: vvhereby yee maye ſee vvhereunto the confidence …
With rule
… vvoman tempteth him. This temptation is by a ſober inſtrument, neither vttered ſhe any reuilingreviling vvordes vnto him: yet neuertheleſſe Peter falleth: vvhereby yee maye ſee vvhereunto the confidence …
Robert Rollock · The Passion Resurrection and Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ · p. 34 · Open in the reader
Printed
… death, yet hee may forgiue him: and therefore the guiltie perſons want charitie, in reuilingreviling and making outcries againſt the perſecutors of iuſtice, as if they were blood-ſuckers …
With rule
… death, yet hee may forgiue him: and therefore the guiltie perſons want charitie, in reuilingreviling and making outcries againſt the perſecutors of iuſtice, as if they were blood-ſuckers …
John Smyth · A Pattern of True Prayer · p. 148 · Open in the reader
Printed
… could rebuke him of sinne, as ver. 46.47. whereto his enimies answered with rayling and reuilingreviling him, Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritane, &c. ver. 48. vnto which …
With rule
… could rebuke him of sinne, as ver. 46.47. whereto his enimies answered with rayling and reuilingreviling him, Say we not well, that thou art a Samaritane, &c. ver. 48. vnto which …
James Forester · The Marrow and Juice of 260 Scriptures · p. 106 · Open in the reader
Printed
… were on the earth, and so it appeareth by his patience in bearing the reuilingreviling speeches of his brother and sister: but Exod. 11. 8. and 32. chap. of the same booke …
With rule
… were on the earth, and so it appeareth by his patience in bearing the reuilingreviling speeches of his brother and sister: but Exod. 11. 8. and 32. chap. of the same booke …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 641 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

2 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount A09432

Printed
ReuilingReviling forbidden. 95. e. it is a kind of pe…sequution. 43. e
With rule
ReuilingReviling forbidden. 95. e. it is a kind of pe…sequution. 43. e
William Perkins · Exposition of the Sermon on the Mount · Open in the reader

The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered A17270

Printed
… by thy ſilence, then hee by that fault which ſhould haue opened thy mouth. ReuilingReviling is bad, but ſilence is worſe.
With rule
… by thy ſilence, then hee by that fault which ſhould haue opened thy mouth. ReuilingReviling is bad, but ſilence is worſe.
Cornelius Burges · The Fire of the Sanctuary Newly Uncovered · p. 217 · Open in the reader