Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	believe_v	faith_n	true_a	2,854	5	5.4281	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25809	The worlds idol, Plutus a comedy / written in Greek by Aristophanes ; translated by H.H.B. ; together with his notes, and a short discourse upon it.; Plutus. English	Aristophanes.; H. H. B. (H. H. Burnell), fl. 1659.	1659 (1659)	Wing A3686; ESTC R6773	47,751	52

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