Part 2187

<i>Feltham.</i>

<h1>Complainant</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*plain"ant</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>complaignant</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>complaindre</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who makes complaint.</def>

<blockquote>Eager <b>complainants</b> of the dispute. <i>Collier.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>One who commences a legal process by a complaint.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law.</def>

<blockquote>He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the town, and the other moiety to the use of the <b>complainant</b>. <i>Statutes of Mass.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Complainer</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*plain"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer.</def>

<i>Beattie.</i>

<blockquote>Speechless <b>complainer</b>, I will learn thy thought. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Complaint</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*plaint"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>complainte</ets>. See <er>Complain</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.</def>

<blockquote>I poured out my <b>complaint</b> before him. <i>Ps. cxlii. 2.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Grievous <b>complaints</b> of you. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.</def>

<blockquote>The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the <b>complaint</b> of all who wish well to the church. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An ailment or disease of the body.</def>

<blockquote>One in a <b>complaint</b> of his bowels. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Lamentation; murmuring; sorrow; grief; disease; illness; disorder; malady; ailment.</syn>

<h1>Complaintful</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com*plaint"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of complaint.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Complaisance</h1> <Xpage=290>

<hw>Com"plai*sance`</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>complaisance</ets>. See <er>Complaisant</er>, and cf. <er>Complacence</er>.]</ety> <def>Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.</def>

<blockquote>These [ladies] . . . are by the just <b>complaisance</b> and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>They strive with their own hearts and keep them down, In <b>complaisance</b> to all the fools in town. <i>Young.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good breeding.</syn>

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