To disturb, trouble, or throw into disorder or confusion.
From Latin 'conturbare' (to disturb, throw into confusion), composed of 'con-' (together) and 'turbare' (to disturb, from 'turba' meaning crowd or tumult). The word is archaic in modern English.
Conturb is a ghostly verb that mostly haunts historical documents and old literature. It describes not just disturbance but the kind of social chaos that happens when a crowd gets agitated—the 'turba' (Latin for crowd) right there in the root.
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