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What is the verb for complaint?

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complain
  1. (intransitive) To express feelings of pain, dissatisfaction, or resentment.
  2. (intransitive) To make a formal accusation or bring a formal charge.
  3. To creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Victims complain that it takes too long to obtain a noise abatement notice requiring their neighbors to turn down the volume.”
      “Thus, the confident, happy associate or secretary may be more likely to complain than her insecure, anxious counterpart.”
      “Officers at the prison murdered him because he dared to complain about the inhuman conditions and the poor quality of food.”
complaining
complayne
  1. Obsolete spelling of complain
complains
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Agnes never complains when she has a flare of her eczema as she realises it ultimately saved her life.”
      “Are you the sort of player who gripes and complains all the time about your putting?”
      “There is nothing like having a boy to fish with, especially one who never whines or complains and who always seems to be in a good humor.”
complaineth
  1. (archaic) third-person singular simple present indicative form of complain
complainest
  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present form of complain
complained
  1. simple past tense and past participle of complain
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The latest letter was from a Mrs Singh, who complained about two radio stations.”
      “Residents have complained about being awoken in the early hours by empty wagons rumbling through the town on their way to the quarries.”
      “Residents there have long complained about the stink from the sewage works.”
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