a. Obs.–1 = COMPLAINTFUL.

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a. 1718.  R. Cumberland, in Mudford, Writ. & Life (1812), I. iii. 58.

                                The sad hind
Unyokes his widow’d and complainful mate,
Leaving the blasted and imperfect work
Where the fix’d ploughshare points the luckless spot.

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1828.  in Webster (as obs.); and in later Dicts.

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