Crossword clues for innovate
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Innovate \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.]
To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. [Archaic]
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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.
Innovate \In"no*vate\, v. i.
To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or
on.
--Bacon.
Every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate.
--Dryden.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context obsolete transitive English) To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize. 2 (context intransitive English) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new. 3 (context transitive English) To introduce (something) as new.
WordNet
v. bring something new to an environment; "A new word processor was introduced" [syn: introduce]
Usage examples of "innovate".
Now, the queue had undergone its hebdomadal combing just an hour before Raoul announced his intention to proceed to Naples in the yawl, and it would have been innovating on the only thing that Ithuel treated with reverence to undo the work until another week had completed its round.
Cell Cleaner to zap every harmful organism they pick up, or on trophoblastic tubules to feed them, nobody will be able to innovate enough to relearn how!
Would it not be wise to index spending on land, sea, air, and space launch on one and other, postulate lift requirements on what the new force needs as it innovates and slims down.
Actually, the innovated artist had done just that, his garage band making the jump to stardom during the Turn, capitalizing on the opportunity to be the first openly Inderland band.
From the spear and blowgun to the igloo to vast irrigation channels, they'd adapted and innovated their way to some sort of culture.
I didn’t know how long they’d just stand there before they innovated new behavior.
These days, just about everything that’s known as modern, like the tubular, steel framed chair you’re sitting in now, adjustable reading lamps and ordinary drywall are only some of the things that came from designs innovated at the Bauhaus.
He'd innovated, he'd survived, he'd swallowed fire, and they'd pinned awards on him and handed him a few hundred other lives and a ship with which to execute his appetite upon the galaxy.
But nobody wanted to rock the boat, to be the one who innovated and paid the price by dropping in the rankings.
Their principal city numbering 120,000 souls, in which commercial and maritime risks foster innovating and adventurous spirits.