Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	answer_v	know_v	think_v	806	5	3.6946	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09782	Inimicus amicus an excellent treatise, shewing, how a man may reape profit by his enemy.; De capienda ex inimicis utilitate. English	Plutarch.	1601 (1601)	STC 20053; ESTC S110495	10,179	42

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