Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	wit_n	woman_n	year_n	23	3	4.6292	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A30662	The case of Exeter-Colledge in the University of Oxford related and vindicated	Bury, Arthur, 1624-1713.; Washington, Joseph, d. 1694.	1691 (1691)	Wing B6190; ESTC R25321	65,452	81

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