Selected quad for the lemma: friend_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
friend_n	witness_v	woman_n	word_n	22	3	3.4557	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51310	Philosophical poems by Henry More ...; Psychōdia platonica	More, Henry, 1614-1687.	1647 (1647)	Wing M2670; ESTC R14921	253,798	486

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