Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	wise_a	wit_n	yield_v	17	3	6.1164	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A31082	A sermon preached on the fifth of November, MDCLXXIII by Isaac Barrow ...	Barrow, John, 1650 or 51-1684.	1679 (1679)	Wing B953; ESTC R37070	25,860	39

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