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extemporize
(encz) | extemporize,extemporovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
extemporize
(encz) | extemporize,improvizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
Extemporize
(gcide) | 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.
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Extemporize
(gcide) | 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.
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Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to
extemporize the right thing to be done. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a
Queen's speech --Lord
Campbell.
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extemporize
(wn) | extemporize
v 1: manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand;
"after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to
improvise for weeks" [syn: improvise, extemporize]
2: perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the
wedding" [syn: improvise, improvize, ad-lib,
extemporize, extemporise] |
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Extemporize
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to
extemporize the right thing to be done. --Jowett
(Thucyd. ).
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Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a
Queen's speech --Lord
Campbell.
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Extemporized
(gcide) | 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.
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Extemporizer
(gcide) | Extemporizer \Ex*tem"po*ri`zer\, n.
One who extemporizes.
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