v., -vat·ed, -vat·ing, -vates.

v.tr.

To begin or introduce (something new) for or as if for the first time.

v.intr.

To begin or introduce something new.

[French innover, from Old French, from Latin innovāre, innovāt-, to renew : in-, intensive pref.; see in–² + novāre, to make new (from novus, new).]

innovator in'no·va'tor n.
innovatory in'no·va·to'ry (-və-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: bring something new to an environment
  Synonym: introduce

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ændre, forny
v. intr. - indføre nye metoder

Nederlands (Dutch)
vernieuwen

Français (French)
v. tr. - innover
v. intr. - innover

Deutsch (German)
v. - innovieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καινοτομώ, νεωτερίζω

Italiano (Italian)
innovare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - inovar

Русский (Russian)
вводить новшества

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - innovar
v. intr. - innovar, innovarse, hacer cambios o innovaciones

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - införa nyheter, göra förändringar, förnya sig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
创立, 引人, 创始, 改变, 更动, 改革, 创新

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 創立, 引人, 創始, 改變, 更動
v. intr. - 改革, 創新

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - (새로운 사물을) 받아들이다, 시작하다
v. intr. - 혁신하다, 쇄신하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 革新する, 新しく取り入れる, 導入する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يجدد, يبتكر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮חידש‬
v. intr. - ‮הכניס שינויים‬

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