English to English
extemporize
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verb (v)
- manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- perform without preparation(verb.creation)Example:
He extemporized a speech at the wedding.
source: wordnet30 - To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.(verb)source: webster1913
- 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.(verb)source: webster1913