Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	defend_v	divide_v	great_a	27	3	2.1090	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A34079	The Protestant mask taken off from the Jesuited Englishman being an answer to a book entituled Great Britain's just complaint.	Comber, Thomas, 1645-1699.	1692 (1692)	Wing C5484; ESTC R22733	44,472	73

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