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What is a plaint?

What is a plaint? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (poetic or archaic) A lament or woeful cry.
  2. A complaint.
  3. (archaic) A sad song.
  4. (archaic or Britain law) An accusation.
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It was invested with the woe of unnumbered generations, this plaint by which Buck was so strangely stirred.
When she awoke next morning raindrops were beating a reiterative plaint against the window, and the sound seemed very beautiful.
In the absence of a formal plaint there is no legal basis to press further charges.
He caressed words until they sang for him the one plaint that he asked of them.
He filled the place with his plaint, whilst Binet swore amazingly and variedly.
The plaint is old and familiar, but not misplaced or ill-timed.

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