Dictionary entries for 'innovatory'

Synonyms

creative
ingenious
innovative
inventive
original

in·no·vate (ĭńə-vāt́)

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

verb: -vat·ed, -vat·ing, -vates.

transitive verb

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

intransitive verb

To begin or introduce something new.

derivatives

ińno·vátor: noun
ińno·va·tóry: adjective

verb: -vat·ed, -vat·ing, -vates.

transitive verb

intransitive verb

derivatives

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition