Sentence:  At length the Maroons, who were delighted to have him with them, became discontented with his absence, and for several years, during the sessions of the House of Assembly, <WSD>preferred</WSD> repeated complaints against him. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To present or submit (something) to an authority (now usually in "to prefer charges"). (from 16thc.)