[in-uh-veyt] 
verb, -vat⋅ed, -vat⋅ing.| 1. | to introduce something new; make changes in anything established. |
| 2. | to introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time: to innovate a computer operating system. |
| 3. | Archaic. to alter. |
| in·no·vate (ĭn'ə-vāt') v. in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates v. tr. To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time. v. intr. To begin or introduce something new. [French innover, from Old French, from Latin innovāre, innovāt-, to renew : in-, intensive pref.; see in-2 + novāre, to make new (from novus, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots).] in'no·va'tor n., in'no·va·to'ry (-və-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj. |
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