n. [ LL. bovata, fr. bos, bovis, ox. ] (O. Eng. Law.) An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
From his attempts upon the civil power, he proceeds
to innovate God's worship. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To introduce novelties or changes; -- sometimes with in or on. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every man, therefore, is not fit to innovate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Between oblong and ovate, but inclined to the latter. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. ob- + ovate. ] (Bot.) Inversely ovate; ovate with the narrow end downward;
a. [ L. ovatus, from ovum egg. See Oval. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having an ovate form, but narrowed at the end into a slender point. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a form intermediate between ovate and cylindraceous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Ovate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a form intermediate between ovate and lanceolate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Oblong, with one end narrower than the other; ovato-oblong. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a form intermediate between that of an egg and a sphere; roundly ovate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having an ovate form, but with a subulate tip or extremity. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. renovatus, p. p. of renovare;pref. re- re- + novare to make new, fr. novus new. See New, and &unr_;&unr_; Renew. ] To make over again; to restore to freshness or vigor; to renew. [ 1913 Webster ]
All nature feels the reniovating force
Of winter. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Between rhomboid and ovate, or oval, in shape. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half ovate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Subovate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]