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Plained
(gcide) | Plain \Plain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plained; p. pr. & vb. n.
Plaining.] [Cf. Plane, v.]
1. To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
[R.]
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We would rake Europe rather, plain the East.
--Wither.
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2. To make plain or manifest; to explain.
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What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech. --Shak.
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complained
(encz) | complained,stěžoval si Zdeněk Brož |
explained
(encz) | explained,vysvětlený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
unexplained
(encz) | unexplained,nevysvětlený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Complained
(gcide) | Complain \Com*plain"\ (k[o^]m*pl[=a]n"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Complained (k[o^]m*pl[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Complaining.] [F. complaindre, LL. complangere; com- + L.
plangere to strike, beat, to beat the breast or head as a
sign of grief, to lament. See Plaint.]
1. To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure,
regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; --
commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a
timber or wheel.
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O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! --Milton.
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2. To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.
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Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the
king? --Shak.
Syn: To repine; grumble; deplore; bewail; grieve; mourn;
regret; murmur.
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Explained
(gcide) | Explain \Ex*plain"\ ([e^]ks*pl[=a]n"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Explained([e^]ks*pl[=a]nd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Explaining.]
[L. explandare to flatten, spread out, explain; ex out +
plandare to make level or plain, planus plain: cf. OF.
esplaner, explaner. See Plain,a., and cf. Esplanade.]
1. To flatten; to spread out; to unfold; to expand. [Obs.]
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The horse-chestnut is . . . ready to explain its
leaf. --Evelyn.
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2. To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of
obscurity; to expound; to unfold and illustrate the
meaning of; as, to explain a chapter of the Bible.
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Commentators to explain the difficult passages to
you. --Gay.
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To explain away, to get rid of by explanation. "Those
explain the meaning quite away." --Pope.
Syn: To expound; interpret; elucidate; clear up.
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Unexplained
(gcide) | Unexplained \Unexplained\
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Unplained
(gcide) | Unplained \Un*plained"\, a.
Not deplored or bewailed; unlamented. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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unexplained
(wn) | unexplained
adj 1: not explained; "accomplished by some unexplained process"
2: having the reason or cause not made clear; "an unexplained
error" |
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