innovate

Etymology

From the participle stem of Latin innovare (“renew”).

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive) To alter, to change into something new; to revolutionize.
   But the most frequent maladies are such as proceed from themselves, as first when religion and God's service is neglected, innovated or altered […]. , New York 2001, p.80
2. (intransitive) To introduce something new to a particular environment; to do something new.
   Japanese retail stores have strove to, and have succeeded in, fulfilling these severe demands, and in doing so, have constantly had to innovate both technologically and institutionally in order to keep up with the competition. 6 February 2013, Hideo Otake, “Revising the Interpretation of the Japanese Economy”, in Michio Muramatsu, Frieder Naschold, editors, State and Administration in Japan and Germany: A Comparative Perspective on Continuity and Change, page 319
3. (transitive) To introduce (something) as new.
   to innovate a word or an act