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Extemporize
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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. Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to extemporize the right thing to be done. Jowett (Thucyd. ). Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen's speech Lord Campbell.