Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	call_v	command_v	know_v	792	5	3.9109	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A11072	The heavenly academie	Rous, Francis, 1579-1659.	1638 (1638)	STC 21341; ESTC S114569	43,887	250

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