Selected quad for the lemma: death_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
death_n	die_v	live_v	time_n	13,446	5	4.0318	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A20067	A knights coniuring Done in earnest: discouered in iest. By Thomas Dekker.	Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632.; Dekker, Thomas, ca. 1572-1632. Newes from hell.	1607 (1607)	STC 6508; ESTC S105253	40,572	82

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