Complain

i. [Fr. complaindre, from Lat. con, and plan go, plangere, to strike, from the root plag.] To proclaim, expre , or manifest grief, sorrow, pain, or distre ; to lament; to bewail; to repine; to murmur; to grieve; to expre di atisfaction, or a sense of injury or wrong; - generally preceding of; as, to complain of one's misfortune. "I will complain in the bitterne of my soul." - Job vii. 11. -To make a charge; to bring a formal accusation; to a ert a sense of wrong or injury; (with of before the cause of sorrow;) as, to complain of a person to others. "Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the council." Shaks . Complain'able, a. That which may be complained of. (R.) Complainant, n. [Fr. complaignant.] One who makes complaint. ( Law .) One who commences a legal prosecution by complaint against another or others. - The party who urges a suit in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law.