extemporize

4 definitions found

extemporize - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  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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extemporize - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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]

extemporize - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "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