Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	according_a	signification_n	word_n	1,614	5	4.5156	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A82274	A defence of Mr Toland, in a letter to himself		1697 (1697)	Wing D814A; ESTC R215012	11,003	23

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