Reading a license agreement a few days back, I came to the word novate<\/em>. It seemed too important to ignore, so I looked it up. I tried my three pocket dictionaries, none of which has it. Next I tried the internet.<\/p>\n Apparently, novate<\/em> might have the following meaning:<\/p>\n \nnovate: to establish a new expectation in place of a prior one, by the assent of both parties, in order to preserve a working relationship.<\/p>\n Even given the definition of novate, my feeling is that I haven’t seen it used in a really demonstrative way. Therefore, I’m giving my own example of how it might arise and be used:<\/p>\n Let’s imagine that Carol always drives Bev to work (they work at the same office); in compensation, Bev makes Carol’s lunch each work day. Suddenly, Carol retires, so stops driving Bev to work. Yet, Carol appreciates her lunches from Bev so much, she wants to keep receiving them.<\/p>\n To continue getting lunches from Bev, Carol offers that, instead of driving Bev to work, she will mow and weed Bev’s lawn. Doing so, she novates their old agreement, keeping it viable by tending Bev’s lawn after driving Bev to work is no longer practical.<\/p>\n Hence, my proposed usage of novate.<\/p>\n HTH:)<\/p>\n Source:<\/p>\n thefreedictionary.com<\/a><\/p>\n Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n