Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	absence_n	absent_a	fit_a	15	3	5.8498	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A66232	A second letter to a bishop from a minister of his diocess	F. W., 17th cent.	1692 (1692)	Wing W25; ESTC R27048	13,572	38

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