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Definition of Improvize
1. Verb. Perform without preparation. "They will improvize 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 Improvize
1. Verb. Alternate spelling of improvise. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Improvize
Literary usage of Improvize
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"It is decidedly preferable to play the works of good masters than to improvize.
In preparing for a great liturgical function, he should aim at giving ..."
2. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1897)
"He was now ready to improvize, and dashed thumb and finger on the zither, tossing
up his face, swarthy-flushed: 'There was a steinbock with a beard. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"He would shut his eyas, take his zither, and begin to improvize a long Bacchic
ode in praise of love or wine, and sieg it to a melody of his own invention. ..."
4. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1867)
"... with objects of beauty to dwell upon and admire :—be made of use to enrich
staples, give taste to designs, improve chintz patterns or improvize carpet*. ..."
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