Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	abate_v	able_a	great_a	12	3	2.4099	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A33915	A perswasive to consideration, tender'd to the Royalists particularly those of the Church of England.	Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726.	1693 (1693)	Wing C5259; ESTC R35653	13,368	32

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