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complain

COMPLAIN, v.i.

1. To utter expressions of grief; to lament.

I will complain in the bitterness of my spirit. Job 7.

I complained and my spirit was overwhelmed. Ps. 77.

2. To utter expressions of censure or resentment; to murmur; to find fault.

And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord. Num. 11.

3. To utter expressions of uneasiness, or pain. He complains of thirst. He complains of a head-ache.

4. To charge; to accuse of an offense; to present an accusation against a person to a proper officer.

To A B, one of the justices of the peace for the county of S, complains C D.

This verb is regularly followed by of, before the cause of grief or censure; as, to complain of thirst, of ignorance, of vice, of an offender.

5. To represent injuries, particularly in a writ of Audita Querela.

COMPLAIN, v.t. To lament; to bewail.

They might the grievance inwardly complain.

This use of complain is uncommon, and hardly legitimate. The phrase is properly elliptical.


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COMPLAIN, v.i.

1. To utter expressions of grief; to lament.

I will complain in the bitterness of my spirit. Job 7.

I complained and my spirit was overwhelmed. Ps. 77.

2. To utter expressions of censure or resentment; to murmur; to find fault.

And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord. Num. 11.

3. To utter expressions of uneasiness, or pain. He complains of thirst. He complains of a head-ache.

4. To charge; to accuse of an offense; to present an accusation against a person to a proper officer.

To A B, one of the justices of the peace for the county of S, complains C D.

This verb is regularly followed by of, before the cause of grief or censure; as, to complain of thirst, of ignorance, of vice, of an offender.

5. To represent injuries, particularly in a writ of Audita Querela.

COMPLAIN, v.t. To lament; to bewail.

They might the grievance inwardly complain.

This use of complain is uncommon, and hardly legitimate. The phrase is properly elliptical.

COM-PLAIN', v.i. [Fr. complaindre; con or com and plaindre, plaint, to lament, to bewail; Sp. planir; It. compiagnere, or compiangere; from the L. plango, to strike, to lament. If n is not radical, the original word was plago, coinciding with plaga, Gr. πληγη. But this is doubtful. The primary sense is to drive, whence to strike and to lament, that is, to strike the hands or breasts, as in extreme grief, or to drive forth the voice, as in appello.]

  1. To utter expressions of grief; to lament. I will complain in the bitterness of my spirit. – Job vii. I complained and my spirit was overwhelmed. – Ps. lxxvii.
  2. To utter expressions of censure or resentment; to a murmur; to find fault. And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord. – Numb. xi.
  3. To utter expressions of uneasiness, or pain. He complains of thirst. He complains of a head-ache.
  4. To charge; to accuse of an offense; to present an accusation against a person to a proper officer. To A B, one of the justices of the peace for the county of S, complains C D. This verb is regularly followed by of, before the cause of grief or censure; as, to complain of thirst, of ignorance, of vice, of an offender.
  5. To represent injuries, particularly in a writ of Audita Querela.

COM-PLAIN', v.t.

To lament; to bewail. They might the grievance inwardly complain. – Dan. This use of complain is uncommon, and hardly legitimate. The phrase is properly elliptical.


Com*plain"
  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 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.

  3. 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.

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Complain

COMPLAIN, verb intransitive

1. To utter expressions of grief; to lament.

I will complain in the bitterness of my spirit. Job 7:11.

I complained and my spirit was overwhelmed. Psalms 77:3.

2. To utter expressions of censure or resentment; to murmur; to find fault.

And when the people complained, it displeased the Lord. Numbers 11:1.

3. To utter expressions of uneasiness, or pain. He complains of thirst. He complains of a head-ache.

4. To charge; to accuse of an offense; to present an accusation against a person to a proper officer.

To A B, one of the justices of the peace for the county of S, complains C D.

This verb is regularly followed by of, before the cause of grief or censure; as, to complain of thirst, of ignorance, of vice, of an offender.

5. To represent injuries, particularly in a writ of Audita Querela.

COMPLAIN, verb transitive To lament; to bewail.

They might the grievance inwardly complain

This use of complain is uncommon, and hardly legitimate. The phrase is properly elliptical.

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