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plaint

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Plaint  \Plaint\,  n.  [OE.  plainte,  pleynte,  F.  plainte,  fr  L. 
  plangere  planctum  (plancta,  fem.  p.  p.),  to  beat  beat  the 
  breast,  lament.  Cf  {Complain},  {Plague},  {Plangent}.] 
  1.  Audible  expression  of  sorrow;  lamentation;  complaint; 
  hence  a  mournful  song;  a  lament.  --Chaucer.``The 
  Psalmist's  mournful  plaint.''  --Wordsworth. 
 
  2.  An  accusation  or  protest  on  account  of  an  injury. 
 
  There  are  three  just  grounds  of  war  with  Spain:  one 
  of  plaint,  two  upon  defense.  --Bacon. 
 
  3.  (Law)  A  private  memorial  tendered  to  a  court,  in  which  a 
  person  sets  forth  his  cause  of  action  the  exhibiting  of 
  an  action  in  writing.  --Blackstone. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  plaint 
  n  1:  a  written  statement  of  the  grounds  of  complaint  made  to 
  court  law  asking  for  the  grievance  to  be  redressed 
  2:  a  cry  of  sorrow  and  grief;  "their  pitiful  laments  could  be 
  heard  throughout  the  ward"  [syn:  {lament},  {lamentation}, 
  {wail}]




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