The Collaborative International Dictionary
Plained
Plain \Plain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plained; p. pr. & vb. n. Plaining.] [Cf. Plane, v.]
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To plane or level; to make plain or even on the surface.
We would rake Europe rather, plain the East.
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To make plain or manifest; to explain.
What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech.
--Shak.
Wiktionary
plained
vb. (en-past of: plain)
Usage examples of "plained".
It plained of its gaping wounds, its inward bleeding, its riven chords.