Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Extemporize \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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Extemporize \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.
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Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to
extemporize the right thing to be done. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a
Queen's speech --Lord
Campbell.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extemporize
v 1: manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand;
"after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to
improvise for weeks" [syn: {improvise}, {extemporize}]
2: perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the
wedding" [syn: {improvise}, {improvize}, {ad-lib},
{extemporize}, {extemporise}]
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