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
A30820	The heroical lover, or, Antheon and Fidelta a poem / written by Thomas Bancroft.	Bancroft, Thomas, fl. 1633-1658.	1658 (1658)	Wing B641; ESTC R22823	36,518	104

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