innovate

• POS: Verb (usu participle)
• HYPHEN: in=no=vate

CIDE DICTIONARY

innovate, v. t. [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.  [1913 Webster]
•  To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize.  Burton.  [1913 Webster]

  "From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds
  to innovate God's worship."  [1913 Webster]

innovate, v. i. 

 To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
"Every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

innovate, v.intr.
1 bring in new methods, ideas, etc.
2 (often foll. by in) make changes.

Derivative

innovation n. innovational adj. innovator n. innovative adj. innovatory adj.

Etymology

L innovare make new, alter (as IN-(2), novus new)

ROGET THESAURUS

innovate

Change

VB change, alter, vary, wax and wane, modulate, diversify, qualify, tamper with, turn, shift, veer, tack, chop, shuffle, swerve, warp, deviate, turn aside, evert, intervert, pass to, take a turn, turn the corner, resume, work a change, modify, vamp, superinduce, transform, transfigure, transmute, transmogrify, transume, metamorphose, ring the changes, innovate, introduce new blood, shuffle the cards, give a turn to, give a color to, influence, turn the scale, shift the scene, turn over a new leaf, recast, reverse, disturb, convert into.