Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	effect_n	efficient_a	produce_v	2,279	5	8.6593	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A45407	A copy of some papers past at Oxford, betwixt the author of the Practicall catechisme, and Mr. Ch.	Hammond, Henry, 1605-1660.; Cheynell, Francis, 1608-1665.	1650 (1650)	Wing H531; ESTC R18463	111,324	132

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