Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	sleep_v	sow_v	tare_n	1,022	5	12.2153	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08457	The pearle of perfection sought after by Charles Odingsells, Doctour of Divinitie	Odingsells, Charles, d. 1637.	1637 (1637)	STC 18782; ESTC S113411	51,839	106

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