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	formal_a	material_a	2,432	5	8.5460	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47172	A seasonable information and caveat against a scandalous book of Thomas Elwood, called An epistle to Friends, &c. by George Keith.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.; Raunce, John, 17th cent.	1694 (1694)	Wing K203; ESTC R674	41,164	46

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