Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	dead_a	die_v	live_v	15,229	5	5.8506	4	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43757	The history of Isuf Bassa, captain general of the Ottoman army at the invasion of Candia	Higgons, Thomas, Sir, 1624-1691.	1684 (1684)	Wing H1957; ESTC R34466	47,910	219

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