Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	way_n	zeal_n	zealous_a	138	4	9.2564	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A54962	The Plague checkt, or, Piety will either prevent or alter the property of the plague ... together with sundry other things in a letter written by a friend to sundry of his godly friends ... with respect to the present times ...		1665 (1665)	Wing P2336; ESTC R8032	44,854	85

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