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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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Innovatory
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Word Origin & History
innovate
1548, from L. innovatus, pp. of innovare "to renew or change," from in- "into" + novus "new."
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