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innovate

in·no·vate [ ínnə vàyt ] (past and past participle in·no·vat·ed, present participle in·no·vat·ing, 3rd person present singular in·no·vates)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
try out new ideas: to introduce a new way of doing something or a new device

[Mid-16th century. < Latin innovat-, past participle of innovare "renew" < novus "new"]

in·no·vat·or noun
in·no·va·to·ry [ ínnəvə tàwree ] adjective
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