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Webster 1913 Edition

Innovate

In′no-vate

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Innovated
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Innovating
.]
[L.
innovatus
, p. p. of
innovare
to revew; pref.
in-
in +
novare
to make new, fr.
novus
new. See
New
.]
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

,
Verb.
I.
To introduce novelties or changes; – sometimes with in or on.
Bacon.
Every man, therefore, is not fit to
innovate
.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition

Innovate

IN'NOVATE

,
Verb.
T.
[L. innovo; in and novo, to make new, novus, new.]
1.
To change or alter by introducing something new.
From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship.
2.
To bring in something new.

IN'NOVATE

,
Verb.
I.
To introduce novelties; to make changes in any thing established; with on. It is often dangerous to innovate on the customs of a nation.

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