Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	believe_v	lie_n	word_n	1,825	5	4.0980	3	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67449	A dialogue concerning women, being a defence of the sex written to Eugenia.	Walsh, William, 1663-1708.; Dryden, John, 1631-1700.	1691 (1691)	Wing W645; ESTC R13108	44,218	144

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