About The Word Extemporize
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Extemporize
Extemporize Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Extemporize?
[v] perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
[v] manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" Synonyms | Synonyms for Extemporize: ad-lib | extemporise | improvise | improvise | improvize Related Terms | Find terms related to Extemporize: ad-lib | be caught napping | be surprised | be taken unawares | be unprepared | cook up | dash off | do offhand | fake | go off half-cocked | have no plan | improvisate | improvise | jury-rig | knock off | lash up | make up | play by ear | scrap the plan | strike off | throw off | throw together | toss off | toss out | vamp | whip up | whomp up | wing it See Also | contend | cope | deal | do | execute | get by | grapple | make do | make out | manage | perform Extemporize In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*tem"po*rize\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
{Extemporized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Extemporizing}.]
To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special
preparation; to make an offhand address.
\Ex*tem"po*rize\, v. t. To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; as, to extemporize a dinner, a costume, etc. Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to extemporize the right thing to be done. --Jowett (Thucyd. ). Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen's speech --Lord Campbell. |
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