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Webster 1913 Edition


Improvise

Imˊpro-vise′

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Improvised
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Improvising
.]
[F.
improviser
, it.
improvvisare
, fr.
improvviso
unprovided, sudden, extempore, L.
improvisus
; pref.
im-
not +
provisus
foreseen, provided. See
Proviso
.]
1.
To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
Charles attempted to
improvise
a peace.
Motley.
3.
To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment;
as, he
improvised
a hammer out of a stone
.

Imˊpro-vise′

,
Verb.
I.
To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.

Definition 2024


improvisé

improvisé

See also: improvise

French

Verb

improvisé m (feminine singular improvisée, masculine plural improvisés, feminine plural improvisées)

  1. past participle of improviser

Spanish

Verb

improvisé

  1. First-person singular (yo) preterite indicative form of improvisar.