Selected quad for the lemma: sense_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
sense_n	place_n	signify_v	word_n	4,916	5	4.4090	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52567	A treatise of the principal grounds and maximes of the lawes of this nation very usefull and commodious for all students and such others as desire the knowledge and understandings of the laws / written by that most excellent and learned expositor of the law, W.N.	Noy, William, 1577-1634.; Doddridge, John, Sir, 1555-1628. Treatise of particular estates.; T. H. Certain observations concerning a deed of feoffament.	1651 (1651)	Wing N1453; ESTC R30072	59,730	168

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