innovate

English

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin innovare (“renew”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɪnəveɪt/

Verb

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

1. (obsolete, transitive) To alter, to change into something new.
   • 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 [...].

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

Derived terms

• innovative
• innovation
• innovatory

Anagrams

• venation

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Italian

Verb

innovate

1. second-person plural present indicative of innovare
2. second-person plural imperative of innovare
3. Feminine plural of innovato

Anagrams

• innevato

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Latin

Verb

innovāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of innovō