neoterize

• neoterise (chiefly British English)

Since the 1870s; after Ancient Greek νεωτερίζω (neōterízō, “to (forcibly) innovate; to revolutionize”) (an -ίζειν (-ízein) derivation of νεώτερος (neṓteros), the comparative of νέος (néos, “new”))); neoteric +‎ -ize.

• IPA^(key): /niˈɒtəˌɹaɪz/

neoterize (third-person singular simple present neoterizes, present participle neoterizing, simple past and past participle neoterized)

1. (intransitive) to neologize, to coin as a new word.
2. (intransitive) to modernize.

• neoterically