Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bear_v	father_n	son_n	1,486	5	5.2815	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34394	The converts, or, The folly of priest-craft a comedy / by J.S.M.T. Soc.; Converts.		1690 (1690)	Wing C5987; ESTC R1078	85,188	70

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