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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Extemporized

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Extemporizing

To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.

Verb.

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.

Verb.

To speak extempore; to speak without previous study or preparation. To extemporize well requires a ready mind well furnished with knowledge.

To discourse without notes or written composition.