Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	find_v	see_v	time_n	2,372	5	3.2500	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31622	A fund for supplying and preserving our coin, or, An essay on the project of new-coining our silver	Chamberlen, Hugh.	1695 (1695)	Wing C1874; ESTC R3961	9,636	18

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