novate

First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin novātus, perfect passive participle of novō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

• IPA^(key): /nəʊˈveɪt/

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novate (third-person singular simple present novates, present participle novating, simple past and past participle novated) (rare)

1. To replace something with something new
2. (law) To replace a contract (especially a financial contract) with one or more new contracts.

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “novate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

novāte

1. vocative masculine singular of novātus

novate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of novar combined with te