Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #7631 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

wittewit

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

Puritas changed it: 1,940 times in 292 works
Consistency: 100% (1,940 of 1,940)
Reach if approved: ~2,038 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wit
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 1,940 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,940 changes in 292 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,940)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… peace: trauayled day and night to baniſhe this ſorte And, at length by his wittewit, induſtry and polecie, compaſſed, that prouiſion was made for the weake, wydowes, orphanes, and …
With rule
… peace: trauayled day and night to baniſhe this ſorte And, at length by his wittewit, induſtry and polecie, compaſſed, that prouiſion was made for the weake, wydowes, orphanes, and …
Laurence Humphrey · The Nobles · Open in the reader
Printed
… God raysed vp his spirite, which before was redy bent to destroy Babylon, to wittewit, in giuing vnto him so prosperous succes, that no impedimēt was able to resist …
With rule
… God raysed vp his spirite, which before was redy bent to destroy Babylon, to wittewit, in giuing vnto him so prosperous succes, that no impedimēt was able to resist …
John Knox · An Answer to Blasphemous Cavillations by an Anabaptist · p. 364 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of power in the Resurrection; and euen in this very phrase Athanasins speaketh, to wittewit, That Christ was iustified, not after the manner of men, but by diuine puritie,
With rule
… of power in the Resurrection; and euen in this very phrase Athanasins speaketh, to wittewit, That Christ was iustified, not after the manner of men, but by diuine puritie,
William Loe · The Mystery of Mankind · p. 86 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Where the Apoſtle ſetteth forth righteouſnes by a declaration ariſing of two arguments, to wittewit, agreeing as the cauſe, imputation of righteouſnes: diſagreeing, without workes. Which reaſon hath force …
With rule
… Where the Apoſtle ſetteth forth righteouſnes by a declaration ariſing of two arguments, to wittewit, agreeing as the cauſe, imputation of righteouſnes: diſagreeing, without workes. Which reaſon hath force …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… must acknowledge that wee are altogether cast away, and that wee haue no more wittewit nor power to returne or saue our selues, then hath a sheepe that is …
With rule
… must acknowledge that wee are altogether cast away, and that wee haue no more wittewit nor power to returne or saue our selues, then hath a sheepe that is …
William Fulke · The Woman of Canaan · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… priestes vnder his iurisdiction not to celebrate for certaine notorious offenders, geueth vs to wittewit, that of right and custome it belonged in his prouince to others that passed …
With rule
… priestes vnder his iurisdiction not to celebrate for certaine notorious offenders, geueth vs to wittewit, that of right and custome it belonged in his prouince to others that passed …
William Fulke · Two Treatises Against the Papists · p. 354 · Open in the reader
Printed
… digge they are too lazie, to begge ashamed, to steale afrayde, to cheate want wittewit, and to liue, meanes, then thrust in for a roome in the Church; and …
With rule
… digge they are too lazie, to begge ashamed, to steale afrayde, to cheate want wittewit, and to liue, meanes, then thrust in for a roome in the Church; and …
Thomas Adams · Heaven and Earth Reconciled · p. 6 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had made no great matter yf it had ended before it beganne / for anye wittewit / grace / or good lerninge is in it. For non other frutes it containeth but …
With rule
… had made no great matter yf it had ended before it beganne / for anye wittewit / grace / or good lerninge is in it. For non other frutes it containeth but …
John Bale · A Mystery of Iniquity Disclosed and Confuted · 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.