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	let_v	see_v	1,400	5	2.9576	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57988	The muses looking-glasse by T.R.	Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635.	1643 (1643)	Wing R240; ESTC R231242	40,324	88

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