English to English
complain
(k/@/m'pl/eI/n
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verb (v)
- make a formal accusation; bring a formal charge(verb.communication)Example:
The plaintiff's lawyer complained that he defendant had physically abused his client.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(verb)source: webster1913
- To lament; to bewail.(verb)source: webster1913