INNOVATE

introduce, innovate

(verb) bring something new to an environment; “A new word processor was introduced”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

innovate (third-person singular simple present innovates, present participle innovating, simple past and past participle innovated)

(obsolete, transitive) To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.

(intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.

(transitive) To introduce (something) as new.

Synonyms

• invent

Anagrams

• venation

Source: Wiktionary


In"no*vate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Innovated; p. pr. & vb. n. Innovating.] Etym: [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.

In"no*vate, v. i.

Definition: To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on. Bacon. Every man,therefore,is not fit to innovate. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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