D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Extemporize

· Ex·tem·po·rize · IPA
01 v. i. To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.
imp. & p. p. Extemporized; p. pr. & vb. n. Extemporizing
  1. 1.
    To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.
02 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,…
  1. 1.
    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.