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plain (iou)



plain verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French plaign- pres. stem of plaindre from Latin plangere lament. Cf. COMPLAIN.]
verb trans. = COMPLAIN verb 1. Long obsolete exc. Scot. ME.
verb intrans. & refl. Utter lamentations, give expression to sorrow. Now poet. & dial. ME.
A. Philips Small Cause, I ween, has lusty Youth to plain.
b. = COMPLAIN verb 5. dial. M19.
verb intrans. & refl. = COMPLAIN verb 3. (Foll. by of, against, on, that.) Now arch. & dial. ME.
T. Kyd I will go plaine me to my Lord the King. Sir W. Scott Though something I might plain..Of cold respect to stranger guest.
b. verb intrans. Tell tales, inform (against, on). dial. L18.
c. verb trans. = COMPLAIN verb 4. dial. M19.
transf. & fig.
a. verb intrans. Emit a plaintive or mournful sound. M17.
M. Linskill The wind went on..sobbing, raging, plaining over the barren moor.
b. verb trans. Say in a querulous tone. E20.
plainer noun (a) Law = COMPLAINANT noun 1; (b) (now dial.) a complainer, a grumbler: ME.
plaining noun (arch.) the action of the verb; an instance of this; (a) lamentation; (a) complaint: ME.
plaining adjective (arch.) that plains; plaintive, mourning; complaining: L15.

united states office of technology assessment (medicine)


United States office of technology assessment


An office established to help congress participate and plan for the consequences of uses of technology. It provides information on both the beneficial and adverse effects of technological applications.