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v. t. to arrange or represent events so that they co-occur.
Syn. -- synchronize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to extemporize the right thing to be done. Jowett (Thucyd. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen's speech Lord Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who extemporizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. temporisation. ] The act of temporizing. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Temporized p. pr. & vb. n. Temporizing ] [ F. temporiser. See Temporal of time. ] 1. To comply with the time or occasion; to humor, or yield to, the current of opinion or circumstances; also, to trim, as between two parties. [ 1913 Webster ]

They might their grievance inwardly complain,
But outwardly they needs must temporize. Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To delay; to procrastinate. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To comply; to agree. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who temporizes; one who yields to the time, or complies with the prevailing opinions, fashions, or occasions; a trimmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sort of temporizers, ready to embrace and maintain all that is, or shall be, proposed, in hope of preferment. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]