1. Manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand
   - improvise, extemporise [Brit] 
2. Perform without preparation
   "he extemporized a speech at the wedding"
   - improvise, improvize [non-standard], ad-lib, extemporise [Brit]

Derived forms: extemporizing, extemporized, extemporizes

See also: extemporization

Type of: contend, cope, deal, do, execute, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage, perform

Encyclopedia: Extemporize

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