Definitions for: Extemporize

[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"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporise, improvise, improvise, improvize

See Also: contend, cope, deal, do, execute, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage, perform

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