Complain
Complain (kom*plān") , intransitive verb
[French complaindre, Late Latin complangere; com- + Latin plangere to strike, beat, to beat the breast or head as a sign of grief, to lament. See Plaint.]
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 , transitive verb
To lament; to bewail. [Obsolete]
They might the grievance inwardly complain.
By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd
Her wrongs to us.