GCIDE: Defining Innovate using "exact" search strategy.
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| Source: gcide | Innovate \In"no*vate\, v. i. To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
Every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
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| Source: gcide | 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}.] 1. To bring in as new; to introduce as a novelty; as, to innovate a word or an act. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
2. To change or alter by introducing something new; to remodel; to revolutionize. [Archaic] --Burton. [1913 Webster]
From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds to innovate God's worship. --South. [1913 Webster]
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