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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Improvise  \Im`pro*vise"\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Improvised};  p. 
  pr  &  vb  n.  {Improvising}.]  [F.  improviser,  it 
  improvvisare  fr  improvviso  unprovided,  sudden,  extempore, 
  L.  improvisus  pref.  im-  not  +  provisus  foreseen,  provided. 
  See  {Proviso}.] 
  1.  To  compose,  recite,  or  sing  extemporaneously,  especially 
  in  verse;  to  extemporize;  also  to  play  upon  an 
  instrument,  or  to  act  extemporaneously. 
 
  2.  To  bring  about  arrange,  or  make  on  a  sudden,  or  without 
  previous  preparation. 
 
  Charles  attempted  to  improvise  a  peace.  --Motley. 
 
  3.  To  invent,  or  provide,  offhand,  or  on  the  spur  of  the 
  moment;  as  he  improvised  a  hammer  out  of  a  stone. 




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