Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #895 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

vndermineundermine

u and v used by position, not sound: haue → have, vnto → unto.

Puritas changed it: 209 times in 146 works
Consistency: 99.5% (209 of 210)
Reach if approved: ~221 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: undermine
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 210 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (209 changes in 146 works, 99.5% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 209)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
Some with sweete words vndermineundermine their husbands, as Dalila did Samson, and some with chiding and brawling are made …
With rule
Some with sweete words vndermineundermine their husbands, as Dalila did Samson, and some with chiding and brawling are made …
Joseph Swetnam · The Arraignment of Lewd Women · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… men, the maner to make mynes, holes and caues vnder the ground, for to vndermineundermine and ouerthrowe Townes, Caſtles and fortreſſes. And therefore the mynes and Caues that men …
With rule
… men, the maner to make mynes, holes and caues vnder the ground, for to vndermineundermine and ouerthrowe Townes, Caſtles and fortreſſes. And therefore the mynes and Caues that men …
Pierre Viret · The School of Beasts · Open in the reader
Printed
… through the hedge into the vineyard. Take heed, that the little foxes do not vndermineundermine thine incloſure, and purloine away thy beſt fruit, when they pretend to look another …
With rule
… through the hedge into the vineyard. Take heed, that the little foxes do not vndermineundermine thine incloſure, and purloine away thy beſt fruit, when they pretend to look another …
John Gee · Hold Fast · p. 24 · Open in the reader
Printed
… had therevnto, to worke the diſcredite of the whole, and in ſo doeing to vndermineundermine the workmanſhip of God, plainely appearing therein. It is wonderful to ſee our corrupte …
With rule
… had therevnto, to worke the diſcredite of the whole, and in ſo doeing to vndermineundermine the workmanſhip of God, plainely appearing therein. It is wonderful to ſee our corrupte …
John Knewstubs · Lectures Upon Exodus 20 · p. 175 · Open in the reader
Printed
… hath continuall warre and battayle, this is the caſtel which he goeth about to vndermineundermine coueting to ouerthrowe it if he myght. At fewe worde the euerlaſting being of …
With rule
… hath continuall warre and battayle, this is the caſtel which he goeth about to vndermineundermine coueting to ouerthrowe it if he myght. At fewe worde the euerlaſting being of …
Philipp Melanchthon · The Justification of Man by Faith Only · p. lxxxx · Open in the reader
Printed
… vs to her, (which neuer ſhall be) or by more then Machiauilian policies to vndermineundermine vs, and to bring vs to deſtruction. Becauſe God hath made vs, in powring …
With rule
… vs to her, (which neuer ſhall be) or by more then Machiauilian policies to vndermineundermine vs, and to bring vs to deſtruction. Becauſe God hath made vs, in powring …
Richard Bernard · The Seven Golden Candlesticks · Open in the reader
Printed
… his faithfull loyall subjects from him, & to countenance & further their owne Romish designes, to vndermineundermine religion & vsher in Poper, by degrees which hath now well nigh wound in not …
With rule
… his faithfull loyall subjects from him, & to countenance & further their owne Romish designes, to vndermineundermine religion & vsher in Poper, by degrees which hath now well nigh wound in not …
William Prynne · A Quench-Coal · p. 193 · Open in the reader
Printed
… policie of Pharoah, (who ſaith, Let vs deale wiſely with the Iſraelites, and cunningly vndermineundermine them) more to bee feared in his policies, than when hee came after the …
With rule
… policie of Pharoah, (who ſaith, Let vs deale wiſely with the Iſraelites, and cunningly vndermineundermine them) more to bee feared in his policies, than when hee came after the …
Archibald Simson · Samsons Seven Locks of Hair Compared to the Seven Spiritual Virtues · p. 38 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (1)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.