Defn: The quality of being done or devised extempore [Obs.] Johnson.
EXTEMPORIZATION
Ex*tem`po*ri*za"tion, n.
Defn: The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.
EXTEMPORIZE
Ex*tem"po*rize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Extemporized(); p. pr. & vb. n.
Extemporizing().]
Defn: To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.
EXTEMPORIZE
Ex*tem"po*rize, v. t.
Defn: 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.
EXTEMPORIZER
Ex*tem"po*ri`zer, n.
Defn: One who extemporizes.
EXTEND
Ex*tend", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Extended; p. pr. & vb. n. Extending.]
Etym: [L. extendere, extentum, extensum; ex out + tendere to stretch.
See Trend.]