Dictionary entry

Innovate

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In″no‐vate (?), v. 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.

2. To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize. Burton.

From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds

to innovate God's worship. South.