Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	cause_v	humour_n	part_n	2,066	5	4.5550	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A55663	The serasquier bassa an historical novel of the times, containing all that pass'd at the siege of Buda / out of French.	Préchac, Jean de, 1647?-1720.	1685 (1685)	Wing P3208A; ESTC R235346	38,314	158

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