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in·no·vate       [in-uh-veyt] Pronunciation Key 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)]

—Related forms
in·no·va·tor, noun
in·no·va·to·ry, adjective
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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.
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