Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8523 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ouerfloweoverflow

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

Puritas changed it: 84 times in 61 works
Consistency: 100% (84 of 84)
Reach if approved: ~88 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: overflow
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 84 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (84 changes in 61 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 84)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… by furrowes to the wateryng of groundes, which yet of it ſelfe doth not ouerfloweoverflow into ſo many vſes, but from the verie ſpring it ſelfe, with which euerlaſting …
With rule
… by furrowes to the wateryng of groundes, which yet of it ſelfe doth not ouerfloweoverflow into ſo many vſes, but from the verie ſpring it ſelfe, with which euerlaſting …
John Calvin · Institutes of the Christian Religion Abridged by Edmond Bunnie · Open in the reader
Printed
… their seuerall charges, which neglecting so great a trust, suffer sinnes and sinners to ouerfloweoverflow in their gouernements? If a Prince or Noble man should come to his Garden …
With rule
… their seuerall charges, which neglecting so great a trust, suffer sinnes and sinners to ouerfloweoverflow in their gouernements? If a Prince or Noble man should come to his Garden …
Oliver Pigg · Sermons Upon Psalm 101 · p. 129 · Open in the reader
Printed
… which end goeth forwarde, geueth the brydle wholie to their Rulers till deſtruction remediles ouerfloweoverflow all.
With rule
… which end goeth forwarde, geueth the brydle wholie to their Rulers till deſtruction remediles ouerfloweoverflow all.
Christopher Goodman · How Superior Powers Ought to be Obeyed of their Subjects · p. 145 · Open in the reader
Printed
… all kinde of supersticiō breake in and inuade the boundes of christianite, yea and ouerfloweoverflow thē. For as Fayth, Hope Charite, Peace, Mercy, Pacience, longe sufferynge, humilite, sobriete iustice …
With rule
… all kinde of supersticiō breake in and inuade the boundes of christianite, yea and ouerfloweoverflow thē. For as Fayth, Hope Charite, Peace, Mercy, Pacience, longe sufferynge, humilite, sobriete iustice …
Thomas Becon · A Pleasant New Nosegay · Open in the reader
Printed
… bee with thee (saith the Lord) and through the flouds that they doe not ouerfloweoverflow thee: when thou walkest thorough the very fire, thou shalt not be burnt, neither …
With rule
… bee with thee (saith the Lord) and through the flouds that they doe not ouerfloweoverflow thee: when thou walkest thorough the very fire, thou shalt not be burnt, neither …
William Perkins · A Salve for a Sick Man · p. 120 · Open in the reader
Printed
… malitious enemies. Oh the riuers of blood, which then by theſe doleful conſequents will ouerfloweoverflow euery where this noble Iland, the ſtrong men ſhall be ſlaine in the fielde …
With rule
… malitious enemies. Oh the riuers of blood, which then by theſe doleful conſequents will ouerfloweoverflow euery where this noble Iland, the ſtrong men ſhall be ſlaine in the fielde …
Peter Wentworth · A Pithy Exhortation to Her Majesty · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… prynce thus conſidre w^t hī ſelfe, howe vnequal it is for his courte to ouerfloweoverflow all, withal exceſſe and ſuperfluyte, and all hys other cyties and ſubiectes to be …
With rule
… prynce thus conſidre w^t hī ſelfe, howe vnequal it is for his courte to ouerfloweoverflow all, withal exceſſe and ſuperfluyte, and all hys other cyties and ſubiectes to be …
Henrich Bullinger · Sermon Concerning Magistrates · Open in the reader
Printed
… they bidde battell openlie to God. And not contenting them ſelues with this, they ouerfloweoverflow their bankes in ſuch ſorte, that they dare vtter with full mouth thoſe blaſphemies …
With rule
… they bidde battell openlie to God. And not contenting them ſelues with this, they ouerfloweoverflow their bankes in ſuch ſorte, that they dare vtter with full mouth thoſe blaſphemies …
John Calvin · Sermons on the Ten Commandments · p. 64 · 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.