commote noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A secular division of land in mediaeval Wales.Some cantrefi might comprise more than two commotes, for example, and the complement of townships would vary from commote to commote, determined by considerations other than mathematical symmetry. — 1997 verb1 •(no longer used, 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. formscommoted · commoting · commotes