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vsurpusurp

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

Puritas changed it
103 times in 59 works
Consistency
97.1% (103 of 106)
Reach if approved
~111 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Agrees: usurp
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
106 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (103 changes in 59 works, 97.1% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 103)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … Bishops as acknowledge their autority from Kings and Emperors, but onely thoſe Bishops that vſurpusurp autority ouer Kings and Emperors and their fellow brethren and the Church of God …
    With rule
    … Bishops as acknowledge their autority from Kings and Emperors, but onely thoſe Bishops that vſurpusurp autority ouer Kings and Emperors and their fellow brethren and the Church of God …

    John Bastwick · Answer to Exceptions Against His Litany Part 2 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … And they are of 2. ſorts. Firſt, theſe whoe by …eaſō of the ſuperiority they vſurpusurp over their bre…hrē, muſt needs be the chief doers in that houſe, …ow …
    With rule
    … And they are of 2. ſorts. Firſt, theſe whoe by …eaſō of the ſuperiority they vſurpusurp over their bre…hrē, muſt needs be the chief doers in that houſe, …ow …

    John Penry · View of Public Wants and Disorders in Wales · p. 47 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … that cannot stile himselfe by any other name than a Christian, doth indeed but vsurpusurp that too. If thou sayest, thou art of the body: I demand then, What …
    With rule
    … that cannot stile himselfe by any other name than a Christian, doth indeed but vsurpusurp that too. If thou sayest, thou art of the body: I demand then, What …

    Robert Sanderson · Ten Sermons · p. 108 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … to their extreame ruine, becauſe they abuſed the gifts of God, and like theeues, vſurpusurp vpō that which is none of theirs, though they ſeeme to be the iuſt …
    With rule
    … to their extreame ruine, becauſe they abuſed the gifts of God, and like theeues, vſurpusurp vpō that which is none of theirs, though they ſeeme to be the iuſt …

    John Calvin · Commentary on Isaiah · p. 484 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … with others their confederates againſt the king, imagine that he hath and doth rather vſurpusurp and tyranize, then that he hath lawfully attained and raigned, and therin not anſwered …
    With rule
    … with others their confederates againſt the king, imagine that he hath and doth rather vſurpusurp and tyranize, then that he hath lawfully attained and raigned, and therin not anſwered …

    John Carpenter · King Solomons Solace · p. 45 · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … of examples. The body of this Hierarchie vnder the name of the Church doeth vsurpusurp that which appertaines to God, saying that the Church cannot erre, and that it …
    With rule
    … of examples. The body of this Hierarchie vnder the name of the Church doeth vsurpusurp that which appertaines to God, saying that the Church cannot erre, and that it …

    Pierre du Moulin Sr · The Accomplishment of the Prophecies · p. 240 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … for Gods glory? Who hath beene in our harts to see this? Who dare vsurpusurp vpon God; & condemn our thoughts? Yea, we appeale to that only Iudge of harts …
    With rule
    … for Gods glory? Who hath beene in our harts to see this? Who dare vsurpusurp vpon God; & condemn our thoughts? Yea, we appeale to that only Iudge of harts …

    Joseph Hall · Epistles Volume 2 · p. 54 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … Friend, how cammest thou in hither, hauing on a wedding garment? Why dost thou vsurpusurp the seate, where a worthy guest might sit? Thus Dauid vsed to purge his …
    With rule
    … Friend, how cammest thou in hither, hauing on a wedding garment? Why dost thou vsurpusurp the seate, where a worthy guest might sit? Thus Dauid vsed to purge his …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 49 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (3)

0 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 3 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.