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Innovate
//ˈɪnəveɪt// verb
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Verb
- 1 To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize. obsolete, transitive
"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 bring something new to an environment wordnet
- 3 To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new. intransitive
"Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition."
- 4 To introduce (something) as new. transitive
"to innovate a word or an act"
Etymology
First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin innovātus, perfect passive participle of innovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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