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verb
To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To introduce (something) as new.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: invent
Antonyms: none provided
verb
bring something new to an environment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: introduce
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: initiate, pioneer
Narrower terms: phase in, pioneer, open up, debut
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Indo-European *-h2ti Proto-Indo-European *néweh2ti Proto-Italic *nowāō Latin novō Latin innovō Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin innovātusbor. English innovate First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin innovātus, perfect passive participle of innovō (“to renew”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Across languages
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
