Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	efficient_a	end_n	final_a	2,172	5	9.9792	5	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00498	The Exposition of certain partes of Scripture, according to the mindes of the chieffe doctors ...		1567 (1567)	STC 10634.5; ESTC S2119	36,965	68

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