Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #799 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

conuerseconverse

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

Puritas changed it: 499 times in 219 works
Consistency: 99.0% (499 of 504)
Reach if approved: ~530 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: converse
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 504 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (499 changes in 219 works, 99.0% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 499)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… he would ſhake off all his rude and ruſticall behauiours, and carry himſelfe and conuerſeconverse ciuilly as a Citizen: ſo likewiſe wee being called out of this world, that …
With rule
… he would ſhake off all his rude and ruſticall behauiours, and carry himſelfe and conuerſeconverse ciuilly as a Citizen: ſo likewiſe wee being called out of this world, that …
Thomas Newhouse · Certain Sermons · p. 111 · Open in the reader
Printed
… with God, in the immediate performance of the duties of his seruice, or to conuerseconverse with man according to the state and condition of his life, in the familie …
With rule
… with God, in the immediate performance of the duties of his seruice, or to conuerseconverse with man according to the state and condition of his life, in the familie …
William Perkins · Cases of Conscience Part 1 · Open in the reader
Printed
… conscience in that action wherein the wicked is defiled. Now though wee may thus conuerseconverse with euill men, yet these two caueats must be obserued, I. To haue no …
With rule
… conscience in that action wherein the wicked is defiled. Now though wee may thus conuerseconverse with euill men, yet these two caueats must be obserued, I. To haue no …
William Perkins · Exposition of Revelation 1-3 · p. 75 · Open in the reader
Printed
… proteſteth vpon the ſuppoſall, fal out what may, and though he walke and often conuerſeconverse in the vallie of the ſhade of death, that is, in the middes of …
With rule
… proteſteth vpon the ſuppoſall, fal out what may, and though he walke and often conuerſeconverse in the vallie of the ſhade of death, that is, in the middes of …
John Prime · The Consolations of David Applied to Queen Elizabeth · Open in the reader
Printed
… still at home, benefit others abroad; yea by it, not the liuing only may conuerseconverse with the liuing, though neuer so farre both by sea and land seuered either …
With rule
… still at home, benefit others abroad; yea by it, not the liuing only may conuerseconverse with the liuing, though neuer so farre both by sea and land seuered either …
Thomas Gataker · Two Sermons for the Direction for Christian Carriage · Open in the reader
Printed
… waies, when, and in what maner soeuer the Diuell will haue them; they must conuerseconverse with euery lewd and sinfull companion: they must runne vp and downe, like drudges …
With rule
… waies, when, and in what maner soeuer the Diuell will haue them; they must conuerseconverse with euery lewd and sinfull companion: they must runne vp and downe, like drudges …
Richard Greenham · Works · p. 390 · Open in the reader
Printed
… thing to bee Heire of Glorie. Let vs often ſtirre vp our ſelues to conuerſeconverse with Chriſt; the better we know him, the more delight and contentment we ſhall …
With rule
… thing to bee Heire of Glorie. Let vs often ſtirre vp our ſelues to conuerſeconverse with Chriſt; the better we know him, the more delight and contentment we ſhall …
John Ball · A Treatise of Faith · p. 228 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a matter of ſhame to them, to vſe the company of ſuch, or to conuerſeconverse familiarly with them; thus Dauid complaines of himſelfe, I was a reproach among all …
With rule
… a matter of ſhame to them, to vſe the company of ſuch, or to conuerſeconverse familiarly with them; thus Dauid complaines of himſelfe, I was a reproach among all …
Robert Jenison · The Christians Apparelling · p. 487 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

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

Exposition of Hosea 6 A12523

Printed
… the worſt; bee preſent at the Maſſe, and yet keepe our hearts to God; ConuerſeConverse with Papiſts and Idolaters, Anſwere. and yet bee Chriſtians ſtill. But what, haue you …
With rule
… the worſt; bee preſent at the Maſſe, and yet keepe our hearts to God; ConuerſeConverse with Papiſts and Idolaters, Anſwere. and yet bee Chriſtians ſtill. But what, haue you …
Samuel Smith · Exposition of Hosea 6 · p. 317 · Open in the reader

The Marrow of the Oracles of God A17397

Printed
2. ConuerseConverse without iudging.
With rule
2. ConuerseConverse without iudging.
Nicholas Byfield · The Marrow of the Oracles of God · p. 430 · Open in the reader

The Rules of a Holy Life A17410

Printed
2. ConuerseConverse, without iudging.
With rule
2. ConuerseConverse, without iudging.
Nicholas Byfield · The Rules of a Holy Life · Open in the reader