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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Extemporize \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Extemporize \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: extemporize v : perform without preparation [syn: {improvise}, {ad-lib}, {extemporise}]
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