Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Plained"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.]
We would rake Europe rather, plain the East.
--Wither.
2. To make plain or manifest; to explain.
What's dumb in show, I'll plain in speech. --Shak.
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