Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	abandon_v	company_n	desert_n	15	3	10.0156	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80694	The court of St. Germain's: or, The secret history of the late King James and Queen Mary From their first arrival in France, to this time. From the French original.		1695 (1695)	Wing C6591A; ESTC R224546	53,889	150

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