Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	know_v	think_v	time_n	2,521	5	3.4050	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61433	Of humiliation, and the effects of it in relation to the present occasion	Stephens, Edward, d. 1706.	1689 (1689)	Wing S5431; ESTC R2507	8,143	12

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