Waiting for reviewMixed spelling (two or more of the above)Candidate #8940 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

winneswins

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

Puritas changed it: 102 times in 83 works
Consistency: 100% (102 of 102)
Reach if approved: ~107 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: wins
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 102 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (102 changes in 83 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 102)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Nay who I pray you were looſers hereby? The Lord hee winneswins him-ſelfe great glory, in aduancing ſo highly his hand-maid from ſo baſe …
With rule
Nay who I pray you were looſers hereby? The Lord hee winneswins him-ſelfe great glory, in aduancing ſo highly his hand-maid from ſo baſe …
Thomas Cooper · The Churchs Deliverance · p. 176 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sends over the Du…e of Lancaster with foure thousand men at Armes, who winneswins many Townes… and the Prince enters G…yenne, passeth over Langn…d…c to …
With rule
… sends over the Du…e of Lancaster with foure thousand men at Armes, who winneswins many Townes… and the Prince enters G…yenne, passeth over Langn…d…c to …
Sir Richard Baker · A Chronicle of the Kings of England from the Time of the Roman Government · p. 166 · Open in the reader
Printed
… of granting our requests. Praises will follow upon prayers obtained, Psal. 50. 15. what a man winneswins by prayer, he will wear with thankfullnesse. Now who so offereth …, he glorifieth me …
With rule
… of granting our requests. Praises will follow upon prayers obtained, Psal. 50. 15. what a man winneswins by prayer, he will wear with thankfullnesse. Now who so offereth …, he glorifieth me …
John Trapp · Commentary on the Gospels and Acts · p. 210 · Open in the reader
Printed
… the prize. So there are some differences. 1. In other races many runne, onely one winneswins the goale: but in this all that runne faithfully, shal raigne triumphantly. Though they …
With rule
… the prize. So there are some differences. 1. In other races many runne, onely one winneswins the goale: but in this all that runne faithfully, shal raigne triumphantly. Though they …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 352 · Open in the reader
Printed
… sauing bargaine, I will not be thy halver. He makes an ill match that winneswins the world and looseth God and his owne Soule. Wherefore to end, let vs …
With rule
… sauing bargaine, I will not be thy halver. He makes an ill match that winneswins the world and looseth God and his owne Soule. Wherefore to end, let vs …
William Pemble · Five Godly and Profitable Sermons · p. 66 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any principle of Holynesse or Obedience in us. It is Hee that strengthens, that winneswins, that quickens us by His Spirit to His Service.
With rule
… any principle of Holynesse or Obedience in us. It is Hee that strengthens, that winneswins, that quickens us by His Spirit to His Service.
Edward Reynolds · Three Treatises · p. 407 · Open in the reader
Printed
… into our bodies: This doth the church by the saints, all those whom she winneswins vnto her, after a maner, shee eates; whose person Peter represented: Kill and eate …
With rule
… into our bodies: This doth the church by the saints, all those whom she winneswins vnto her, after a maner, shee eates; whose person Peter represented: Kill and eate …
Francis Trigge · Touchstone to Determine the True Catholic Faith · p. 280 · Open in the reader
Printed
Which, so much his liking winneswins,
With rule
Which, so much his liking winneswins,
George Wither · Fair-Virtue the Mistress of Philarete · 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.