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commoting

commoting is the present participle and gerund of commote.

Meaning of commote

Verb

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

  1. (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.
    • It was incidental to the closeness of relationship into which we had brought ourselves that an unfriendly state of feeling could not occur between any two members without the whole society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable thereby.1852, Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Blithedale Romance

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Questions about commoting

What is commoting the present participle and gerund of?
Commoting is the present participle and gerund of commote.

Words near commoting in the dictionary

  1. commot
  2. commotal
  3. commote
  4. commoted
  5. commotes
  6. commoting
  7. commotio cordis
  8. commotion
  9. commotion lotion
  10. commotional
  11. commotions

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