Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	aaron_n	lord_n	strive_v	12	3	9.3968	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14559	[Legenda aurea sanctorum, sive, Lombardica historia] [Wyllyam Caxton]; Legenda aurea. English. 1483	Jacobus, de Voragine, ca. 1229-1298.; Caxton, William, ca. 1422-1491.	1483 (1483)	STC 24873; ESTC S541	1,250,859	908

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