Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	know_v	see_v	think_v	3,493	5	3.8936	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35431	An essay upon the inscription of Macduff's crosse in Fyfe by I.C., 1678.	Cunningham, James, d. 1697?	1678 (1678)	Wing C7593; ESTC R22651	14,000	21

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