Verb: extemporize ik'stem-pu,rIz
- Perform without preparation
"he extemporized a speech at the wedding";
- improvise, improvize [non-standard], ad-lib, extemporise [Brit], wing [informal], wing it [informal]
- Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
"after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to extemporize for weeks";
- improvise, extemporise [Brit]
Derived forms: extemporized, extemporizes, extemporizing
Type of: do, execute, get by, make do, manage, perform
Encyclopedia: Extemporize