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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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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Thesaurus Results for extemporize:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

ad-lib, be caught napping, be surprised, be taken unawares, be unprepared, cook up, dash off, do offhand, fake, go off half-cocked, have no plan, improvisate, improvise, jury-rig, knock off, lash up, make up, play by ear, scrap the plan, strike off, throw off, throw together, toss off, toss out, vamp, whip up, whomp up, wing it

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