Selected quad for the lemma: act_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
act_n	believe_v	faith_n	habit_n	3,078	5	10.3510	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92783	A dying fathers living legacy, to his loving son or, lively rules from the rule of life, to bee lived by every mothers childe. / By F.S. Gent.	F. S.	1660 (1660)	Wing S22; Thomason E2105_2; ESTC R210143	23,056	152

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