About The Word Improvise
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Improvise
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What's The Definition Of Improvise?
[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 Improvise: ad-lib | extemporise | extemporize | extemporize | improvize Related Terms | Find terms related to Improvise: ad lib | ad-lib | be caught napping | be surprised | be taken unawares | be unprepared | beget | breed | bring forth | bring into being | call into being | coin | conceive | concoct | contrive | cook up | dash off | design | develop | devise | discover | do offhand | dream up | engender | evolve | extemporize | fabricate | fake | frame | generate | give being to | give rise to | go off half-cocked | hatch | have no plan | improvisate | invent | jury-rig | knock off | lash up | make do | make do with | make up | mature | mint | originate | plan | play by ear | procreate | scrap the plan | spawn | strike off | strike out | think out | think up | 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 Improvise In Webster's Dictionary \Im`pro*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improvised}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Improvising}.] [F. improviser, it.
improvvisare, fr. improvviso unprovided, sudden, extempore,
L. improvisus; pref. im- not + provisus foreseen, provided.
See {Proviso}.]
1. To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially
in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an
instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
2. To bring about, arrange, or make, on a sudden, or without
previous preparation.
Charles attempted to improvise a peace. --Motley.
3. To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the
moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
\Im`pro*vise"\, v. i. To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand. |
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