Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7570 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deuouredevour

Two or more mechanical changes in one word: sinne → sin, vnderstande → understand.

Puritas changed it: 1,647 times in 545 works
Consistency: 99.3% (1,647 of 1,658)
Reach if approved: ~1,742 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devour
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,658 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,647 changes in 545 works, 99.3% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,647)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… fetch this ſpeech from the practiſe of Lyons, who firſt breake the bones, & then deuouredevour. So ſaith Ezechiah in his great griefe, Eſa, 38.13. He brake all my bones like …
With rule
… fetch this ſpeech from the practiſe of Lyons, who firſt breake the bones, & then deuouredevour. So ſaith Ezechiah in his great griefe, Eſa, 38.13. He brake all my bones like …
George Estey · Expositions Upon Divers Parts of Scripture · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sayth S. August. Multi in hac vita manducant, quod postea apud inferos digerunt. Many deuouredevour that in this life, which they shall digest in hell.
With rule
… sayth S. August. Multi in hac vita manducant, quod postea apud inferos digerunt. Many deuouredevour that in this life, which they shall digest in hell.
Thomas Adams · A Divine Herbal Together with a Forest of Thorns · p. 135 · Open in the reader
Printed
… For there is a terrible expectation of iudgment and zeale of fyer, which shall deuouredevour all those which shalbe bolde to do any such thing. And concerning those things …
With rule
… For there is a terrible expectation of iudgment and zeale of fyer, which shall deuouredevour all those which shalbe bolde to do any such thing. And concerning those things …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 226 · Open in the reader
Printed
… rotten) age of it, they are most inward & spirituall: We haue no Beares to deuouredevour the Mockers; no fierie Serpents to strike the Murmurers: Gods punishments reach most to …
With rule
… rotten) age of it, they are most inward & spirituall: We haue no Beares to deuouredevour the Mockers; no fierie Serpents to strike the Murmurers: Gods punishments reach most to …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · Open in the reader
Printed
… no fruite, the fowleſt ſterilitie, and if ſhe do brynge forth, the ſwerd ſhal deuouredevour thē. Thou ſhalt be in ſuch bondage, that thou ſhalt toyl & trauail for other …
With rule
… no fruite, the fowleſt ſterilitie, and if ſhe do brynge forth, the ſwerd ſhal deuouredevour thē. Thou ſhalt be in ſuch bondage, that thou ſhalt toyl & trauail for other …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… Christians, in the life of Nero, that they preserued the state; yet Dogges must deuouredevour them: they made Aurelius Armie to prosper, and by their Prayers obtayned thunder to …
With rule
… Christians, in the life of Nero, that they preserued the state; yet Dogges must deuouredevour them: they made Aurelius Armie to prosper, and by their Prayers obtayned thunder to …
Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · Open in the reader
Printed
Our God shall come, and not keepe silence: a fire shall deuouredevour before him, and a mighty tempest shall be moued round about him.
With rule
Our God shall come, and not keepe silence: a fire shall deuouredevour before him, and a mighty tempest shall be moued round about him.
William Guild · Moses Unveiled · p. 60 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vnder …o more can this ioy of the Lord, it will bee vppermost, and deuouredevour all sorrow in time,
With rule
… vnder …o more can this ioy of the Lord, it will bee vppermost, and deuouredevour all sorrow in time,
Robert Harris · The Way to True Happiness · p. 77 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (11)

9 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 6 are listed here. 2 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Commentary on Galatians 1-5 A09383

Printed
… we are to vnderstand all iniuries in words, as railing, cursing, slandering, bacbiting, &c. DeuoureDevour] here Paul vnderstands all iniuries in deed, or violence, euen to the shedding of …
With rule
… we are to vnderstand all iniuries in words, as railing, cursing, slandering, bacbiting, &c. DeuoureDevour] here Paul vnderstands all iniuries in deed, or violence, euen to the shedding of …
William Perkins · Commentary on Galatians 1-5 · p. 407 · Open in the reader

A Christian Dictionary A15520

Printed
… soules & bodies, as a Lyon deuoures the silly Lambe. 1. Pet. 5, 8. Seeketh whom hee may DeuoureDevour. A Metaphor.
With rule
… soules & bodies, as a Lyon deuoures the silly Lambe. 1. Pet. 5, 8. Seeketh whom hee may DeuoureDevour. A Metaphor.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that which was due to him. Prou. 20, 25. It is Destruction to a man to DeuoureDevour that which is Sanctified.
With rule
… that which was due to him. Prou. 20, 25. It is Destruction to a man to DeuoureDevour that which is Sanctified.
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 100 · Open in the reader
Printed
to DeuoureDevour by fire. sig:
With rule
to DeuoureDevour by fire. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
to DeuoureDevour the Enemy. sig:
With rule
to DeuoureDevour the Enemy. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
to DeuoureDevour her Child. sig:
With rule
to DeuoureDevour her Child. sig:
Thomas Wilson · A Christian Dictionary · p. 36 · Open in the reader