novate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin novō, novātus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nəʊˈveɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
novate (third-person singular simple present novates, present participle novating, simple past and past participle novated)
- To replace something with something new
- (law) To replace a contract (especially a financial contract) with one or more new contracts.
Related terms
References
- John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “novate”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.
Latin
Participle
novāte
- vocative masculine singular of novātus
Spanish
Verb
novate