Meaning of EXTEMPORIZE
| Pronunciation: | | ik'stempu`rIz
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- [v] perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
- [v] manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks"
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| | Synonyms: | | ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvise, improvize |
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| | See Also: | | contend, cope, deal, do, execute, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage, perform | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\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.
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.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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