Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8777 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

preuailesprevails

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

Puritas changed it: 202 times in 102 works
Consistency: 98.5% (202 of 205)
Reach if approved: ~215 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prevails
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 205 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (202 changes in 102 works, 98.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 202)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… worſhip. The fourth point is concerning the cuſtomes of the Church, cuſtome we know preuailesprevails much in matter of practice, and many times they are very approuable, and not …
With rule
… worſhip. The fourth point is concerning the cuſtomes of the Church, cuſtome we know preuailesprevails much in matter of practice, and many times they are very approuable, and not …
John Randall · Twenty-Nine Lectures · p. 140 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſpeake it, It's neither ſeuerity of diſcipline, nor acuteneſſe of writing, nor ought elſe preuailesprevails ſo much to roote out theſe ſtinking weedes of ſuperſtition, as the paines and …
With rule
… ſpeake it, It's neither ſeuerity of diſcipline, nor acuteneſſe of writing, nor ought elſe preuailesprevails ſo much to roote out theſe ſtinking weedes of ſuperſtition, as the paines and …
William Sclater · Threefold Preservative Against Three Dangerous Diseases · Open in the reader
Printed
… not that time without grudgings: but that time the euill and corruption of it preuailesprevails, and the Spirit will not suffer it to lye still, but awake it must …
With rule
… not that time without grudgings: but that time the euill and corruption of it preuailesprevails, and the Spirit will not suffer it to lye still, but awake it must …
Thomas Taylor · The Parable of the Sower and of the Seed · p. 366 · Open in the reader
Printed
… concupiscence abide in vs; yea that sinne dwels in vs, by which the diuell preuailesprevails. The Apostle (saith Methodius) Rom. 7. seemes to make a three-fold law. The first …
With rule
… concupiscence abide in vs; yea that sinne dwels in vs, by which the diuell preuailesprevails. The Apostle (saith Methodius) Rom. 7. seemes to make a three-fold law. The first …
Anthony Wotton · Defense of Perkins Book Called a Reformed Catholic · p. 8 · Open in the reader
Printed
… affirme no Night, nor put it farre off; but onely the strength of sinne preuailesprevails ouer all: and come Sorrow, Death, Graue, Hell, they must haue their pleasures: they …
With rule
… affirme no Night, nor put it farre off; but onely the strength of sinne preuailesprevails ouer all: and come Sorrow, Death, Graue, Hell, they must haue their pleasures: they …
Thomas Adams · The Gallants Burden · p. 17 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſoule from Sathans ſnares, and his life from death: yet we know that Sathan preuailesprevails otherwhiles in both euen againſt Gods elect. For the bodies of the Saints we …
With rule
… ſoule from Sathans ſnares, and his life from death: yet we know that Sathan preuailesprevails otherwhiles in both euen againſt Gods elect. For the bodies of the Saints we …
Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 212 · Open in the reader
Printed
The spirit preuailesprevails against the flesh at two times: in the course of a mans life, and …
With rule
The spirit preuailesprevails against the flesh at two times: in the course of a mans life, and …
William Perkins · A Golden Chain · p. 766 · Open in the reader
Printed
… al this, though it bee thus against the disposition and heart of man, it preuailesprevails with him and turnes him to God. Furthermore, whē God will send his owne …
With rule
… al this, though it bee thus against the disposition and heart of man, it preuailesprevails with him and turnes him to God. Furthermore, whē God will send his owne …
William Perkins · A Salve for a Sick Man · p. 22 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

1 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.

Collection of Poems A68914

Printed
PreuailesPrevails not ought to ſtay him who doth feare,
With rule
PreuailesPrevails not ought to ſtay him who doth feare,
George Wither · Collection of Poems · Open in the reader