Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	good_a	speak_v	word_n	3,582	5	4.2248	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A13916	A breefe treatise of the vertue of the crosse and the true manner hovv to honour it. Translated out of French into English.; Brief traicté de la vertu de la croix et de la manière de l'honnorer. English.	La Faye, Antoine de, 1540-1615.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633.	1599 (1599)	STC 24216; ESTC S103275	31,239	94

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