Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	beast_n	life_n	plant_n	1,995	5	10.3634	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69728	The darknes of atheism dispelled by the light of nature a physico-theologicall treatise / written by Walter Charleton ...	Charleton, Walter, 1619-1707.	1652 (1652)	Wing C3668; ESTC R1089	294,511	406

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