Selected quad for the lemma: state_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
state_n	become_v	great_a	time_n	1,137	5	3.1510	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A06809	A plaine path to perfect vertue: deuised and found out by Mancinus a Latine poet, and translated into English by G. Turberuile gentleman; De quatuor virtutibus. English	Mancinus, Dominicus, fl. 1478-1491.; Turberville, George, 1540?-1610?	1568 (1568)	STC 17244; ESTC S120309	41,248	144

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