Selected quad for the lemma: ground_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
ground_n	endeavour_v	hinder_v	see_v	18	3	2.1453	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A07825	A treatise of the nature of God	Morton, Thomas, of Berwick.	1599 (1599)	STC 18198; ESTC S101314	111,319	258

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