[in.no.vate] vb -vat.ed ; -vat.ing [L innovatus, pp. of innovare, fr. in- + novus new--more at new] vt (1548) 1: to introduce as or as if new
2. archaic: to effect a change in "the dictates of my father were ... not to be altered, innovated, or even discussed --Sir Walter Scott" ~ vi: to make changes: do something in a new way -- in.no.va.tor n -- in.no.va.to.ry adj