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<h1>Commorient</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*mo"ri*ent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commoriens</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>commoriri</ets>.]</ety> <def>Dying together or at the same time.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Sir G. Buck.</i>

<h1>Commorse</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*morse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commorsus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>commordere</ets> to bite sharply.]</ety> <def>Remorse.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "With sad <i>commorse</i>."

<i>Daniel.</i>

<h1>Commote</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*mote"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Commove</er>.]</ety> <def>To commove; to disturb; to stir up.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Society being more or less <b>commoted</b> and made uncomfortable. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Commotion</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*mo"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>commotio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>commotion</ets>. See <er>Motion</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.</def>

<blockquote> <b>commotion</b> in the winds! <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.</def>

<blockquote>When ye shall hear of wars and <b>commotions</b>. <i>Luke xxi. 9.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat; excitement.</def> "He could not debate anything without some <i>commotion</i>."

<i>Clarendon.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance; tumult; disorder; violence.</syn>

<h1>Commove</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com*move"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>inp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Commoved</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Commoving</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>commovere</ets>, <ets>commotum</ets>; <ets>com-</ets> + <ets>movere</ets> to move.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To urge; to persuade; to incite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Straight the sands, <b>Commoved</b> around, in gathering eddies play. <i>Thomson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Communal</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com"mu*nal</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>communal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to a commune.</def>

<h1>Communalism</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com"mu*nal*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism.</def>

<h1>Communalist</h1> <Xpage=287>

<hw>Com"mu*nal*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>communaliste</ets>.]</ety> <def>An advocate of communalism.</def>