Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	call_v	court_n	judge_n	1,450	5	7.1812	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64324	Observations upon the United Provinces of the Netherlands by Sir William Temple ...	Temple, William, Sir, 1628-1699.	1673 (1673)	Wing T656; ESTC R19998	104,423	292

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