All 3 Uses of
innovate
in
Anne Of Green Gables
- "Yes, of course," said Marilla, as if getting boys from orphan asylums in Nova Scotia were part of the usual spring work on any well-regulated Avonlea farm instead of being an unheard of innovation.
p. 5.8 *innovation = something that is new and different
- Mrs. Lynde says they've never had a female teacher in Avonlea before and she thinks it is a dangerous innovation.
p. 177.3
- She led her class to think and explore and discover for themselves and encouraged straying from the old beaten paths to a degree that quite shocked Mrs. Lynde and the school trustees, who viewed all innovations on established methods rather dubiously.†
p. 246.5innovations = the introduction of things that are new and different; or things that are new and different
Definition:
bring something new to an environment