innovate

[in-uh-veyt]

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verb (used without object), in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing.

to introduce something new; make changes in anything established.

verb (used with object), in·no·vat·ed, in·no·vat·ing.

to introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time: to innovate a computer operating system.
Archaic. to alter.

Origin of innovate

1540–50; < Latin innovātus past participle of innovāre to renew, alter, equivalent to in- in-² + novātus (novā(re) to renew, verbal derivative of novus new + -tus past participle suffix)

Related formsin·no·va·tor, nounin·no·va·to·ry, adjectiveun·in·no·vat·ing, adjective

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Related Words for innovate

organize, launch, invent, unveil, initiate, admit, plan, install, found, establish, start, present, spawn, evolve, develop, conceive, discover, produce, hatch, spark

Examples from the Web for innovate

Contemporary Examples of innovate

So Wilson had to innovate a new business plan—a $950 monthly lease, with 2,000 free copies.
Pioneers in Printing
The Daily Beast
October 21, 2014
The key to his success is working in a practice that gives him time to innovate.
Can Fitbit Data Save Lives?
Daniela Drake
August 26, 2014
It does so because competition for the kind of high-skill workers it needs to innovate is high.
Why Obama’s Plan for Working Moms Just Won’t Work
Cathy Reisenwitz
July 8, 2014
Who gets to innovate in a world where you need to pay AT&T to compete?
AT&T’s New “Sponsored Data” Scheme is a Tremendous Loss for All of Us
Michael Weinberg
January 7, 2014
These are cities with a thriving housing market and the intellectual capital to innovate and improve.
America’s Thriving Cities, From Seattle to Boston
Brandy Zadrozny
August 19, 2013

Historical Examples of innovate

Sire, to make such regulations is not to innovate, but to preserve.
Sophisms of the Protectionists
Frederic Bastiat
Sire, to regulate industry in this way is not to innovate, but to persevere.
Economic Sophisms
Frederic Bastiat
The incentives to innovate, modernize, and enhance productivity suffer.
After the Rain
Sam Vaknin
They do not object to innovators because what they innovate is bad; they object to innovators because they innovate.
Nonsenseorship
G. G. Putnam and Others
Let him originate, let him innovate, let him blaze his path with the pioneers—let him think.
The Library and Society
Various

British Dictionary definitions for innovate

innovate

verb

to invent or begin to apply (methods, ideas, etc)

Derived Formsinnovative or innovatory, adjectiveinnovator, noun

Word Origin for innovate

C16: from Latin innovāre to renew, from in- ² + novāre to make new, from novus new

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Word Origin and History for innovate

1540s, "introduce as new," from Latin innovatus, past participle of innovare "to renew, restore; to change," from in- "into" (see in- (2)) + novus "new" (see new). Meaning "make changes in something established" is from 1590s. Related: Innovated; innovating.