Complain /(kŏm*plān")/

Com·plain

Complain

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Complained; p. pr. & vb. n. Complaining

  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!
  2. To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.
    Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king?

Complain

v. t.
  1. To lament; to bewail. [Obs.]
    They might the grievance inwardly complain.
    By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd Her wrongs to us.