Innovate

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɪnÉ™veɪt/

Origin

From the participle stem of Latin innovare ("renew").

Full definition of innovate

Verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York 2001, p. 80:But the most frequent maladies are such as proceed from themselves, as first when religion and God's service is neglected, innovated or altered ...
• South
• From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship.
2. (intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.
3. (transitive) To introduce (something) as new.to innovate a word or an act

Derived terms

• innovative
• innovation
• innovatory

Anagrams

• venation