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extemporize
(/I/k'st/E/mp/@/,r/aI/z )

verb (v)

  • manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand(verb.social)
    Synonym:
    improvise
    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
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