Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	accomplish_v	according_a	action_n	16	3	6.6290	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B01570	The great soul of man, or, The soul in its likeness to God, its nature, operations and everlasting state discoursed. / By Tho. Beverley.	Beverley, Thomas.	1675 (1675)	Wing B2188EA; ESTC R172737	123,818	332

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