Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8779 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

prevayleprevail

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

Puritas changed it: 127 times in 57 works
Consistency: 100% (127 of 127)
Reach if approved: ~133 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: prevail
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 127 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (127 changes in 57 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 127)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… taking the booke? Becauſe it is proper in deede to a Kingly power, to prevayleprevail with God, and to beare away thoſe thinges from him, wherof lately they had …
With rule
… taking the booke? Becauſe it is proper in deede to a Kingly power, to prevayleprevail with God, and to beare away thoſe thinges from him, wherof lately they had …
Thomas Brightman · A Revelation of the Apocalypse · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… mat…ers not how weake the meanes bee, if Fayth haue a Promise to prevayleprevail thereby. 5. The Meanes must bee constantlie vsed, during the tyme that GOD appoyncteth them …
With rule
… mat…ers not how weake the meanes bee, if Fayth haue a Promise to prevayleprevail thereby. 5. The Meanes must bee constantlie vsed, during the tyme that GOD appoyncteth them …
David Dickson · A Short Explanation of Hebrews · p. 273 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſelf ſhall be able to moleſt them, that is ſo as any thing to prevayleprevail, or get the maſtery of them. So that we muſt ſtill remember as an …
With rule
… ſelf ſhall be able to moleſt them, that is ſo as any thing to prevayleprevail, or get the maſtery of them. So that we muſt ſtill remember as an …
Thomas Horton · One Hundred Select Sermons · p. 94 · Open in the reader
Printed
… muſt not bee quyte diſcowraged, becauſe wee ſee neyther our paynes nor preaching to prevayleprevail; ſeeing that Noah, in cxx years, both by preaching and building the Arke lykewyſe …
With rule
… muſt not bee quyte diſcowraged, becauſe wee ſee neyther our paynes nor preaching to prevayleprevail; ſeeing that Noah, in cxx years, both by preaching and building the Arke lykewyſe …
William Guild · Treatise Against the Profanation of the Lords Day · Open in the reader
Printed
Did the Gates of Hell prevayleprevail?
With rule
Did the Gates of Hell prevayleprevail?
Patrick Forbes · Dialogue Wherein a Romish Rhyme is Confuted · p. 125 · Open in the reader
Printed
… it; for speaking one to an other; that is, joyning their strength together, to prevayleprevail with the Lord; which is a practise warranted from the word, the practise of …
With rule
… it; for speaking one to an other; that is, joyning their strength together, to prevayleprevail with the Lord; which is a practise warranted from the word, the practise of …
Alexander Leighton · Appeal to the Parliament · p. 331 · Open in the reader
Printed
… have no deniall till I grant thee thy desire? so then if you will prevayleprevail with God by prayer, you may obtaine the Spirit.
With rule
… have no deniall till I grant thee thy desire? so then if you will prevayleprevail with God by prayer, you may obtaine the Spirit.
John Preston · Sins Overthrow · p. 35 · Open in the reader
Printed
Although a neceſſary conſequence in al caſes shal prevayleprevail, yet I ſay the Lord cannot leave … in this particular to neceſſary conſequence he …
With rule
Although a neceſſary conſequence in al caſes shal prevayleprevail, yet I ſay the Lord cannot leave … in this particular to neceſſary conſequence he …
John Smyth · The Character of the Beast · p. 33 · 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.