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in⋅no⋅vate

[in-uh-veyt]

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.

Origin:
1540–50; < L innovātus ptp. of innovāre to renew, alter, equiv. to in- in- ² + novātus (novā(re) to renew, v. deriv. of novus new + -tus ptp. suffix)

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in·no·vate   (ĭn'ə-vāt') Pronunciation Key
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.