COMMOTE

Etymology 1

Noun

commote (plural commotes)

A secular division of land in mediaeval Wales.

Etymology 2

Verb

commote (third-person singular simple present commotes, present participle commoting, simple past and past participle commoted)

(obsolete, rare) To disturb or agitate, to disrupt also in the positive sense, to put into (more) commotion, to stir up, to add to the activity of.

Source: Wiktionary


Com*mote", v. t. Etym: [See Commove.]

Definition: To commove; to disturb; to stir up. [R.] Society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable. Hawthorne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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