Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8257 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouercomovercome

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

Puritas changed it: 95 times in 61 works
Consistency: 100% (95 of 95)
Reach if approved: ~100 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overcome
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 95 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (95 changes in 61 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 95)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… of calamities and crosses, wherein the beleeuers are not onely not ouercome, but do ouercomovercome, yea do more then conquer. This euent is set forth by the cause, which …
With rule
… of calamities and crosses, wherein the beleeuers are not onely not ouercome, but do ouercomovercome, yea do more then conquer. This euent is set forth by the cause, which …
Thomas Wilson · Commentary on Romans · p. 645 · Open in the reader
Printed
A thing hard to bee done, notwithstanding is ouercomovercome by continuall industrie.
With rule
A thing hard to bee done, notwithstanding is ouercomovercome by continuall industrie.
Leonhard Culmann · Latin Grammar · p. 32 · Open in the reader
Printed
… haue neede: for great trouble and perſecution ſhall the world moue againſt you. To ouercomovercome the ſame, is your fleſh too feeble: therefore will I ſend you downe from …
With rule
… haue neede: for great trouble and perſecution ſhall the world moue againſt you. To ouercomovercome the ſame, is your fleſh too feeble: therefore will I ſend you downe from …
Miles Coverdale · Fruitful Lessons Upon the Passion Burial Resurrection Ascension · Open in the reader
Printed
… do after a ſort force the Lord, and conſtraine him to yeeld himſelfe as ouercomovercome and vanquiſhed, inaſmuch as it pleaſeth him by this meanes to be conquered. They …
With rule
… do after a ſort force the Lord, and conſtraine him to yeeld himſelfe as ouercomovercome and vanquiſhed, inaſmuch as it pleaſeth him by this meanes to be conquered. They …
William Attersoll · Commentary Upon Philemon · p. 448 · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs, is y^e liuely vertu of Chriſt: that is to ſay, by him they ouercomovercome, whoſoeuer ouercome. And like as he hauing ouercome death, & vanquiſhed the world & the deuill …
With rule
… vs, is y^e liuely vertu of Chriſt: that is to ſay, by him they ouercomovercome, whoſoeuer ouercome. And like as he hauing ouercome death, & vanquiſhed the world & the deuill …
Henrich Bullinger · A Hundred Sermons on Revelation · p. 136 · Open in the reader
Printed
… your hart at rest, and looke neuer to haue it sayd that ye haue ouercomovercome y^e bishops, for it shal not be so. In déed it is trueth. For …
With rule
… your hart at rest, and looke neuer to haue it sayd that ye haue ouercomovercome y^e bishops, for it shal not be so. In déed it is trueth. For …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · Open in the reader
Printed
… the world ye shal haue trouble, but be on a good comfort, I haue ouercomovercome the world.
With rule
… the world ye shal haue trouble, but be on a good comfort, I haue ouercomovercome the world.
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… perſecution, paſſe the rockes of alluring occaſions, auoide the ſhipwracke of a good cōſcience, ouercomovercome the ſurges of worldly pleaſure; and finally, arriue at the hauen of life, and …
With rule
… perſecution, paſſe the rockes of alluring occaſions, auoide the ſhipwracke of a good cōſcience, ouercomovercome the ſurges of worldly pleaſure; and finally, arriue at the hauen of life, and …
Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 227 · 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.