Definition of innovate

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in·no·vate    (n-vt) KEY 

VERB:
in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing, in·no·vates
VERB:
tr.

To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time.

VERB:
intr.

To begin or introduce something new.

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ETYMOLOGY:
French innover, from Old French, from Latin innovre, innovt-, to renew : in-, intensive pref. ; see in-² + novre, to make new (from novus, new; see newo- in Indo-European roots)

OTHER FORMS:
inno·vator(Noun), inno·va·tory  (-v-tôr, -tr) KEY (Adjective)