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complayne

complayne is the obsolete spelling of complain.

Meaning of complain

Verb

complain (third-person singular simple present complains, present participle complaining, simple past and past participle complained)

  1. (intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
    • Joe was always complaining about the noise made by his neighbours.
  2. (intransitive) To state the presence of something negative; to indicate that one is suffering from something; to report (e.g.) a symptom.
    • The patient complained of headache, nausea, and joint pain.
  3. (intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.
    • They've complained about me to the police again.
  4. To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.
    • the complaining bed-springs

Questions about complayne

What is complayne the obsolete spelling of?
Complayne is the obsolete spelling of complain.

Words near complayne in the dictionary

  1. complanate
  2. complanated
  3. complanates
  4. complanating
  5. complane
  6. complayne
  7. complease
  8. compleat
  9. compleated
  10. compleatest
  11. compleating

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Adapted from Wiktionary: complayne (page history and authors); complain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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