| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Verb | 1. To improvise.[Eve - graph theoretic] 2. Present participle conjugation of the verb extemporize.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Verb Base (extemporize) | 1. Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand.[Wordnet]. 2. Perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding".[Wordnet]. 3. To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.[Websters]. 4. 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.[Websters]. 5. Base verb from the following inflections: extemporizing, extemporized, extemporizes, extemporizer, extemporizers, extemporizingly and extemporizedly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Date "EXTEMPORIZING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
Specialty Definition: extemporize
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Verb] To speak extempore; to speak without previous study or preparation. To extemporize well requires a ready mind well furnished with knowledge.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Verb] (intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. (references) | ||
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