extemporize
verb (used without object)
to speak extemporaneously.
extemporise
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a variation of
extemporize.
Example Sentences
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As Johnson put it: “I’m under pressure not to extemporise policy on the hoof.”
From The Guardian ● Dec. 9, 2019
Years ago as a gallery warder at the British Museum I would often choose an object as I patrolled, and extemporise a brief story from it.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 30, 2019
To walk in the city at night is to extemporise.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 18, 2016
"Good question, I don't know," replied the lawyer, giving himself time to extemporise to give himself some more time.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 23, 2012
As I crossed the floor I tried to extemporise a prayer, but stopped short to listen, and never finished it.
From J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1 by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
