extemporize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.

extemporize extemporizes extemporizing extemporized extemporise

From extempore + -ize.

improvise think on one's feet devise

extemporaneous extempore extemporization extemporisation temporalize temporize play it by ear off the cuff off the top of one's head

extemporizer

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