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Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8613 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vyevie

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

Puritas changed it
116 times in 104 works
Consistency
95.8% (116 of 121)
Reach if approved
~127 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: vie
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
121 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (116 changes in 104 works, 95.8% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 116)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … those of thanks-giving. He that has the greatest stock of calamities, can never vyevie with the heaps of benefits; the disproportion is greater then that of the Armies …
    With rule
    … those of thanks-giving. He that has the greatest stock of calamities, can never vyevie with the heaps of benefits; the disproportion is greater then that of the Armies …

    Richard Allestree · The Art of Contentment · p. 61 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … Discourse, with much Freedom, pass'd between them in private, in which they seem'd to vyevie nothing more than Candor and Obligingness, shewing to each other all Meekness. I remember …
    With rule
    … Discourse, with much Freedom, pass'd between them in private, in which they seem'd to vyevie nothing more than Candor and Obligingness, shewing to each other all Meekness. I remember …

    Matthew Henry · Life and Death of Philip Henry · p. 159 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … with God, as his covenant Spouſe, to doe with them? nay the heathen might vyevie with them, for as good land, as large poſſeſſions, territories, riches, honours, dominions, &c …
    With rule
    … with God, as his covenant Spouſe, to doe with them? nay the heathen might vyevie with them, for as good land, as large poſſeſſions, territories, riches, honours, dominions, &c …

    Thomas Cobbet · The Estate of Children of Church Members and their Right to Baptism · p. 195 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    Nor shall I here vyevie Authorities of Commentators, that have gone this way, or that in this matter. Therefore …
    With rule
    Nor shall I here vyevie Authorities of Commentators, that have gone this way, or that in this matter. Therefore …

    John Howe · Funeral Sermon for Matthew Mead · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … Gods mercies and Chriſts merits, for thee to think that thy ſins do out-vyevie mercy, and out-ſtrip free grace. In the time of the Law, the Mercy …
    With rule
    … Gods mercies and Chriſts merits, for thee to think that thy ſins do out-vyevie mercy, and out-ſtrip free grace. In the time of the Law, the Mercy …

    Christopher Love · The Dejected Souls Cure · p. 48 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … one a little skill'd in the Discourses of these dayes, have a mind to vyevie conjectures and notions with him, to vellicate commonly received Maxims and vulgar Opinions, to …
    With rule
    … one a little skill'd in the Discourses of these dayes, have a mind to vyevie conjectures and notions with him, to vellicate commonly received Maxims and vulgar Opinions, to …

    John Owen · Animadversions on Fiat Lux · p. 177 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … All other discourse is no other or better, than wherein Turks and Pagans may vyevie with you: and our Blessed Book assures us, Mat. 12. 36. That every idle word that …
    With rule
    … All other discourse is no other or better, than wherein Turks and Pagans may vyevie with you: and our Blessed Book assures us, Mat. 12. 36. That every idle word that …

    Richard Steele · Concerning Old Age · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … which being joyned with another Foundation of one single Person, this City may justly vyevie with any other in the Christian World as to so many and so great …
    With rule
    … which being joyned with another Foundation of one single Person, this City may justly vyevie with any other in the Christian World as to so many and so great …

    Edward Stillingfleet · Ten Sermons · p. 405 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (5)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 5 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.