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	great_a	see_v	1,615	5	3.0323	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B23108	The catechism of the Church of England, poetically paraphrased. By James Fowler	Fowler, James, verse-writer.; Church of England. aut	1678 (1678)	Wing F1729A	21,745	62

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