[kəmˈpleɪn], (Verb)

Definitions:
- express dissatisfaction or annoyance about something
(e.g: local authorities complained that they lacked sufficient resources)

- state that one is suffering from (a pain or other symptom of illness)
(e.g: her husband began to complain of headaches)

- (of a structure or mechanism) groan or creak under strain


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French complaindre, from medieval Latin complangere ‘bewail’, from Latin com- (expressing intensive force) + plangere ‘to lament’