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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complain \Com*plain"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Complained}; p. pr
& vb n. {Complaining}.] [F. complaindre LL complangere
com- + L. plangere to strike, beat to beat the breast or
head as a sign of grief, to lament. See {Plaint}.]
1. To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure,
regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; --
commonly used with of Also to creak or squeak, as a
timber or wheel.
O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! --Milton.
2. To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.
Now Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the
king? --Shak.
Syn: To repine; grumble; deplore; bewail; grieve; mourn;
regret; murmur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Complain \Com*plain"\, v. t.
To lament; to bewail. [Obs.]
They might the grievance inwardly complain. --Daniel.
By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd Her
wrongs to us --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
complain
v : express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness;
"My mother complains all day"; "She has a lot to kick
about" [syn: {kick}, {plain}, {sound off}, {quetch}, {kvetch}]
[ant: {cheer}]
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