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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Complain

Com·plain′ (kŏm·plān′), 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.

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.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.