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innovate.

To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɪn.ə.veɪt/
  1. To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.

    obsolete · transitive
  2. To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.

    intransitive
  3. To introduce (something) as new.

    transitive
    to innovate a word or an act
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Indo-European *néweh₂ti Proto-Italic *nowāō Latin novō Latin innovō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin innovātusbor. English innovate First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin innovātus, perfect passive participle of innovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

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