Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	appear_v	great_a	see_v	1,485	5	2.9490	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30096	An essay of transmigration, in defence of Pythagoras, or, A discourse of natural philosophy	Bulstrode, Whitelocke, 1650-1724.	1692 (1692)	Wing B5450; ESTC R16493	53,371	249

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