Waiting for reviewu / vCandidate #976 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

deuourethdevoureth

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

Puritas changed it: 195 times in 127 works
Consistency: 100% (195 of 195)
Reach if approved: ~205 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: devoureth
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 195 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (195 changes in 127 works, 100% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 195)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… poyſon, tempered with hypocras or ſweete milke. Pleaſure is a gulfe or fire that deuourethdevoureth a mans ſubſtance, defileth his body, and killeth his ſoule; It is a path …
With rule
… poyſon, tempered with hypocras or ſweete milke. Pleaſure is a gulfe or fire that deuourethdevoureth a mans ſubſtance, defileth his body, and killeth his ſoule; It is a path …
Gabriel Powel · The Resolved Christian Exhorting to Resolution · p. 55 · Open in the reader
Printed
… right: thus according to Solomons prouerb, It is a ſnare to a man that deuourethdevoureth holy things: and as a ſnare, firſt, it catcheth ſuddenly: ſecondly, it holdeth ſurely …
With rule
… right: thus according to Solomons prouerb, It is a ſnare to a man that deuourethdevoureth holy things: and as a ſnare, firſt, it catcheth ſuddenly: ſecondly, it holdeth ſurely …
Nehemiah Rogers · The Wild Vine · p. 305 · Open in the reader
Printed
… deceiueth and rendreth not her fruit, Esai. 24. 5. This is the cause why the sword deuourethdevoureth abroad, and the pestilence destroyeth at home, Deut. 28. 15 Leuit 26. 24. 25. and in a word, this …
With rule
… deceiueth and rendreth not her fruit, Esai. 24. 5. This is the cause why the sword deuourethdevoureth abroad, and the pestilence destroyeth at home, Deut. 28. 15 Leuit 26. 24. 25. and in a word, this …
Henry Smith · Four Sermons · Open in the reader
Printed
… that walketh in the darkneſſe, and deſtroieth at the noone day, the ſword that deuourethdevoureth one as well as another, and all alike, theſe meſſengers of his wrath are …
With rule
… that walketh in the darkneſſe, and deſtroieth at the noone day, the ſword that deuourethdevoureth one as well as another, and all alike, theſe meſſengers of his wrath are …
Henry Airay · Lectures Upon Philippians · p. 356 · Open in the reader
Printed
… and sell the Church it selfe. It is a snare to the man that deuourethdevoureth that which is holy. A snare hath three properties. 1. It catcheth suddenly: Vzza did …
With rule
… and sell the Church it selfe. It is a snare to the man that deuourethdevoureth that which is holy. A snare hath three properties. 1. It catcheth suddenly: Vzza did …
Thomas Adams · The Happiness of the Church · p. 25 · Open in the reader
Printed
… that is precious vnto swine. For the one of his churlish nature teareth and deuourethdevoureth, the other like a swine treadeth it vnder his filthy féete. The grace of …
With rule
… that is precious vnto swine. For the one of his churlish nature teareth and deuourethdevoureth, the other like a swine treadeth it vnder his filthy féete. The grace of …
John Bale · The Image of Both Churches in Revelation · p. 5 · Open in the reader
Printed
… whether that he be … feder o… deuourer. He that fedeth, is fayethfull: he that deuourethdevoureth, is vnfaythefull. What doeth he whyche is vnfaythefull? deuoure goddes shepe, Christen people, the …
With rule
… whether that he be … feder o… deuourer. He that fedeth, is fayethfull: he that deuourethdevoureth, is vnfaythefull. What doeth he whyche is vnfaythefull? deuoure goddes shepe, Christen people, the …
Thomas Lever · Sermon Preached at Pauls Cross · Open in the reader
Printed
… becauſe ſuch haue no more vnderſtanding than a beaſt, and as a monſtrous beaſt deuourethdevoureth and deſtroieth moſt cruelly. It is ſaid to riſe out of the Sea becauſe …
With rule
… becauſe ſuch haue no more vnderſtanding than a beaſt, and as a monſtrous beaſt deuourethdevoureth and deſtroieth moſt cruelly. It is ſaid to riſe out of the Sea becauſe …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 408 · 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.