Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	abate_v	corrupt_v	habit_n	28	3	11.0537	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34505	The downfal of Anti-Christ, or, A treatise by R.C.	Carpenter, Richard, d. 1670?	1644 (1644)	Wing C620; ESTC R23897	263,376	604

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