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   Innovate , 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.
   
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   From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds
   to innovate God's worship.
   South.
   
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   Innovate, v. i. To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on.
   Bacon.
   
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   Every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate.
   Dryden.
   
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