Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	child_n	father_n	see_v	1,602	5	3.6371	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70303	A rational discourse concerning transubstantiation in a letter to a person of honor from a Master of Arts of the University of Cambridge.	Hutchinson, William, fl. 1676-1679.	1676 (1676)	Wing H3838; ESTC R2970	42,356	50

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