Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8098 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouerwhelmeoverwhelm

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

Puritas changed it: 340 times in 148 works
Consistency: 100% (340 of 340)
Reach if approved: ~357 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overwhelm
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 340 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (340 changes in 148 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 340)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… paſſe to vtter darkneſſe, or it may correct their miſtruſt in God, but not ouerwhelmeoverwhelm them with an horrible dread, as it doth the vnrighteous. The reaſons of the …
With rule
… paſſe to vtter darkneſſe, or it may correct their miſtruſt in God, but not ouerwhelmeoverwhelm them with an horrible dread, as it doth the vnrighteous. The reaſons of the …
Robert Horne · The Shield of Righteousness · p. 44 · Open in the reader
Printed
… holy Scriptures, Christ sayth, walke whyle ye haue lyght, that the darkenes doth not ouerwhelmeoverwhelm you. For he that walketh in darkenes, knoweth not whyther he goethe. S. Paule …
With rule
… holy Scriptures, Christ sayth, walke whyle ye haue lyght, that the darkenes doth not ouerwhelmeoverwhelm you. For he that walketh in darkenes, knoweth not whyther he goethe. S. Paule …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… of more: to whom nothing is hard becauſe Almighty, nor multitude of buſineſſe can ouerwhelmeoverwhelm, becauſe infinitely Wiſe, to whom bée praiſe for euer. Amen.
With rule
… of more: to whom nothing is hard becauſe Almighty, nor multitude of buſineſſe can ouerwhelmeoverwhelm, becauſe infinitely Wiſe, to whom bée praiſe for euer. Amen.
Elnathan Parr · The Grounds of Divinity · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… waters, I will be with thee, and through the flouds, that they do not ouerwhelmeoverwhelm thee: when thou walkest through the very fire, thou shalt not burne, neither shal …
With rule
… waters, I will be with thee, and through the flouds, that they do not ouerwhelmeoverwhelm thee: when thou walkest through the very fire, thou shalt not burne, neither shal …
William Perkins · Satans Sophistry Answered · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… greater comforts elſewhere, which were able to aſſwage our ſorrowes, if wee did not ouerwhelmeoverwhelm our hearts with immoderate heauineſſe, which driueth away all comfort from vs. And therefore …
With rule
… greater comforts elſewhere, which were able to aſſwage our ſorrowes, if wee did not ouerwhelmeoverwhelm our hearts with immoderate heauineſſe, which driueth away all comfort from vs. And therefore …
Richard Rogers · Commentary on Judges · p. 305 · Open in the reader
Printed
… them, he will neuer dare to appeare in his preſence, but Gods anger wil ouerwhelmeoverwhelm him: Well then let vs with Dauid ſo behold and feele the anger of …
With rule
… them, he will neuer dare to appeare in his preſence, but Gods anger wil ouerwhelmeoverwhelm him: Well then let vs with Dauid ſo behold and feele the anger of …
Samuel Smith · Davids Repentance · p. 77 · Open in the reader
Printed
… voyce, hee is a ryotous perſon and a drunkarde. 21 Then lette all the citizens ouerwhelmeoverwhelm him with ſtones, that he may die, and take awaye that euill out of …
With rule
… voyce, hee is a ryotous perſon and a drunkarde. 21 Then lette all the citizens ouerwhelmeoverwhelm him with ſtones, that he may die, and take awaye that euill out of …
Dudley Fenner · The Arts of Logic and Rhetoric · Open in the reader
Printed
… firme rockes to his feete, that the raging waues of the sea can not ouerwhelmeoverwhelm and …rowne them. There is no cause therefore that we shold feare, least any …
With rule
… firme rockes to his feete, that the raging waues of the sea can not ouerwhelmeoverwhelm and …rowne them. There is no cause therefore that we shold feare, least any …
William Fulke · Prelections Upon Revelation · p. 63 · 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.