extemporize : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: extemporize	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for extemporize
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
extemporize v manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" Synonym(s): improvise, extemporize perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" Synonym(s): improvise, improvize, ad-lib, extemporize, extemporise
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extemporize \Extem"porize\, 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Extemporize \Extem"porize\, 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.