Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	answer_v	speak_v	word_n	2,632	5	4.2165	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36692	The Spanish fryar, or, The double discovery acted at the Duke's Theatre / written by John Dryden ...	Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1681 (1681)	Wing D2368; ESTC R11507	59,675	120

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