v. rare. [f. L. commōt- ppl. stem of commovēre to move hither and thither, agitate, disturb: cf. promote. The ordinary word is commove; this is perh. directly suggested by commotion.] trans. To put into commotion, disturb.
1852. Hawthorne, Blithedale Rom., II. iii. 50. The whole society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable thereby. Ibid. (a. 1864), Dr. Grimshawe’s Secret (1883), 280. The Warden, greatly commoted for the nonce, complied.
