innovate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb bring something new to an environment
    introduce.
    • A new word processor was introduced

WordNet

In"no*vate transitive verb
Etymology
L. innovatus,p.p. of innovare to revew; pref. in- in + novare to make new,fr. novus new. See New.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Innovated ; present participle & verbal noun Innovating
Definitions
  1. To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. Archaic
  2. To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize. Archaic Burton.
    From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship. South.
In"no*vate intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on. Bacon.
    Every man,therefore,is not fit to innovate. Dryden.

Webster 1913