In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
introduce, innovate
(verb) bring something new to an environment; “A new word processor was introduced”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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.
• invent
• 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
3 May 2025
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.