Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	lie_v	speak_v	word_n	3,929	5	4.2262	3	true

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A53017	A New-years-gift for Towzer being a strange and monstrous beast sent from Pluto by his embassador Belphegor to R.L.S., having twelve heads and on every head a thousand horns : with a description of the beast and an explanation of the several names of the heads of the monster.		1682 (1682)	Wing N813; ESTC R31743	7,890	6

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