commotev.
/kəˈməʊt/ rare.
transitive. To put into commotion, disturb.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > confusion or disorder > commotion, disturbance, or disorder > throw into commotion or disorder [verb (transitive)]
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1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xvi. 165 The whole society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable thereby.
a1864 N. Hawthorne Dr. Grimshawe (1883) 280 The Warden, greatly commoted for the nonce, complied.
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