Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #848 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouertakeovertake

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

Puritas changed it: 418 times in 210 works
Consistency: 99.5% (418 of 420)
Reach if approved: ~441 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overtake
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 420 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (418 changes in 210 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 418)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… at fifteene, oh how we cenſure it in them. Let not the ſame thing ouertakeovertake vs, in the matters of God; we had the more neede to ſtriue, it …
With rule
… at fifteene, oh how we cenſure it in them. Let not the ſame thing ouertakeovertake vs, in the matters of God; we had the more neede to ſtriue, it …
Paul Baynes · A Help to True Happiness · p. 288 · Open in the reader
Printed
… do all his commaundements and ordinaunces, then all these curses shall come vpon thee, & ouertakeovertake thee. Cursed shalt thou be in the Towne, and cursed in the Fielde, cursed …
With rule
… do all his commaundements and ordinaunces, then all these curses shall come vpon thee, & ouertakeovertake thee. Cursed shalt thou be in the Towne, and cursed in the Fielde, cursed …
Thomas Becon · The Governance of Virtue · Open in the reader
Printed
… thorough our ſufferance, once ouercaſt the cleere ſhining of the Sunne, darknes ſooner will ouertakeovertake vs, then we would.
With rule
… thorough our ſufferance, once ouercaſt the cleere ſhining of the Sunne, darknes ſooner will ouertakeovertake vs, then we would.
Robert Parker · Against Symbolizing with Antichrist in Ceremonies · p. 4 · Open in the reader
Printed
… redemption draweth neere. Yea, the morning is red alſo, and ſhall not a tempeſt ouertakeovertake the wicked? Cloudes like woolpacks houer ouer our heads, and thicken in euerie coaſt …
With rule
… redemption draweth neere. Yea, the morning is red alſo, and ſhall not a tempeſt ouertakeovertake the wicked? Cloudes like woolpacks houer ouer our heads, and thicken in euerie coaſt …
John Prime · Of Nature and Grace · p. 202 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath bowled his soule at the marke of sensuality, and runs to hell to ouertakeovertake it. If the diuell can maintaine him a stocke of thoughts, let him alone …
With rule
… hath bowled his soule at the marke of sensuality, and runs to hell to ouertakeovertake it. If the diuell can maintaine him a stocke of thoughts, let him alone …
Thomas Adams · Diseases of the Soul · p. 56 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Rather, ſeeing it is vncertaine, at what time, or in what place death will ouertakeovertake vs; let vs therefore bee ſure to expect death at all times, and in …
With rule
… Rather, ſeeing it is vncertaine, at what time, or in what place death will ouertakeovertake vs; let vs therefore bee ſure to expect death at all times, and in …
John Gaule · A Defiance to Death · p. 21 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Planet: and after him of another borne in the like maner. Nay, he must ouertakeovertake the yeares of Methusoalem in the successiue contemplation of such experiments. But this life …
With rule
… Planet: and after him of another borne in the like maner. Nay, he must ouertakeovertake the yeares of Methusoalem in the successiue contemplation of such experiments. But this life …
Thomas Adams · The Sacrifice of Thankfulness · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… he was slipped into bywayes, and receiued into a certaine castle, they could not ouertakeovertake him.
With rule
… he was slipped into bywayes, and receiued into a certaine castle, they could not ouertakeovertake him.
François Hotman · The Furious Outrages of France and the Horrible Slaughter · p. XlI · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (2)

0 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.