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Definition of Extemporise
1. Verb. Perform without preparation. "They will extemporise the duet"; "He extemporized a speech at the wedding"
Generic synonyms: Do, Execute, Perform
Derivative terms: Ad-lib, Extemporisation, Extemporization, Improvisation, Improvisation, Improvisation
Definition of Extemporise
1. Verb. (intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To make or create extempore. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) (music) To compose extemporaneously or improvise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Extemporise
1. [v -RISED, -RISING, -RISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extemporise
Literary usage of Extemporise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Conversations and Journals in Egypt and Malta by Nassau William Senior, Mary Charlotte Mair Senior Simpson (1882)
"In 1840 he wished to extemporise a fleet. Lesseps.—On that occasion, perhaps, he
was right. I remarked to him that a fleet built in three or four months, ..."
2. Recollections by Massimo d' Azeglio (1868)
"... and hasten to visit Verstappen—We lodge in an old house ransacked at the time
of the Republic—We extemporise the best sleeping accommodation we can for ..."
3. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"Sometimes two players would extemporise together, either on one or two pianofortes.
Freiherr von Wetzlar, and, seated at two pian" fortes, give each other ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1859)
"As an Impresario he was compelled to extemporise oratorios, but no man has yet
lived who could extemporise alla cappella choruses. ..."
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