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in⋅no⋅vate
[in-uh-veyt] 
əˌveɪt
verb, -vat⋅ed, -vat⋅ing.–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to introduce something new; make changes in anything established. |
–verb (used with object)
| 2. | to introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time: to innovate a computer operating system. |
| 3. | Archaic. to alter. |
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| 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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Innovate
In"no*vate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Innovated; p. pr. & vb. n. Innovating.] [L. innovatus,p. p. of innovare to revew; pref. in- in + novare to make new,fr. novus new. See New.]1. To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. [Archaic] 2. To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize. [Archaic] --Burton. From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship. --South.Innovate
In"no*vate\, v. i. To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on. --Bacon. Every man,therefore,is not fit to innovate. --Dryden.
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innovate
1548, from L. innovatus, pp. of innovare "to renew or change," from in- "into" + novus "new."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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