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Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #759 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vncoueruncover

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

Puritas changed it
142 times in 89 works
Consistency
98.6% (142 of 144)
Reach if approved
~151 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: uncover
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
144 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (142 changes in 89 works, 98.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 142)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … is the onely way to haue our ſin couered before God, to confeſſe and vncoueruncover the ſame vnto him. For he will iuſtifie vs if we condemne our ſelues …
    With rule
    … is the onely way to haue our ſin couered before God, to confeſſe and vncoueruncover the ſame vnto him. For he will iuſtifie vs if we condemne our ſelues …

    Samuel Smith · Christs Last Supper · p. 323 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … come into thy house so swept and garnished for him, and fall downe, or vncoueruncover his head, or make secret prayers (as they must by the principles of their …
    With rule
    … come into thy house so swept and garnished for him, and fall downe, or vncoueruncover his head, or make secret prayers (as they must by the principles of their …

    Thomas Taylor · The Kings Bath · p. 214 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … one of them knowing their treaſure, vncouereth it more ioyfully and cherefully then men vncoueruncover the holes and places in whiche they haue hid vp their treaſures. Plutarke calleth …
    With rule
    … one of them knowing their treaſure, vncouereth it more ioyfully and cherefully then men vncoueruncover the holes and places in whiche they haue hid vp their treaſures. Plutarke calleth …

    Pierre Viret · The School of Beasts · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … he I ſay runneth gredelye to Chriſt the Phiſition of the ſoules, & there doth vncoueruncover and laye forth his diſeaſe. True faith reioyſeth to communicate vnto other ſuche thynges …
    With rule
    … he I ſay runneth gredelye to Chriſt the Phiſition of the ſoules, & there doth vncoueruncover and laye forth his diſeaſe. True faith reioyſeth to communicate vnto other ſuche thynges …

    Ulrich Zwingli · The Death Resurrection and Ascension of Christ · p. 172 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … thirteenth verſe. The Law than is put for cauſe of tranſgreſſions, that it mighte vncoueruncover them, or (as he ſayth, Rom. 5 20.) that it make them abounde. This maner of …
    With rule
    … thirteenth verſe. The Law than is put for cauſe of tranſgreſſions, that it mighte vncoueruncover them, or (as he ſayth, Rom. 5 20.) that it make them abounde. This maner of …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Galatians · p. 71 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of the ſcriptures, and all kinde of vertue, that his father would diuers times vncoueruncover his breſt being aſléepe, and kiſſe it, giuing thankes to God that had made …
    With rule
    … of the ſcriptures, and all kinde of vertue, that his father would diuers times vncoueruncover his breſt being aſléepe, and kiſſe it, giuing thankes to God that had made …

    John Foxe · Abridgment of the Book of Acts and Monuments by Timothy Bright · p. 19 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … our wickednes, when God ſeeth it, who will iudge vs for it: whereas to vncoueruncover our nakedneſſe, and vncaſe our ſelues to God, is the only way to haue …
    With rule
    … our wickednes, when God ſeeth it, who will iudge vs for it: whereas to vncoueruncover our nakedneſſe, and vncaſe our ſelues to God, is the only way to haue …

    Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 531 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … woman is in her flowers, Leuit. 18. 19. Thou shalt not go to a woman to vncoueruncover her shame, as long as shee is put apart for her disease. And it …
    With rule
    … woman is in her flowers, Leuit. 18. 19. Thou shalt not go to a woman to vncoueruncover her shame, as long as shee is put apart for her disease. And it …

    William Perkins · Christian Economy · p. 114 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

1 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Works A02178

  • Printed
    … of our sinnes. He that confesseth and forsaketh them, shall fin…e mercie. Prou. 28. 13. VncouerUncover thou, God will couer: declare thou, God will heare. In the seate of Iustice …
    With rule
    … of our sinnes. He that confesseth and forsaketh them, shall fin…e mercie. Prou. 28. 13. VncouerUncover thou, God will couer: declare thou, God will heare. In the seate of Iustice …

    Richard Greenham · Works · p. 409 · Open in the reader