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   improvise

   /ˈɪmprəvʌɪz/

   verb

   • 1. create and perform (music, drama, or verse) spontaneously or without preparation: "he invited actors to improvise dialogue" Similar extemporizead libspeak impromptumake it up as one goes alongthink on one's feettake it as it comesinformal:speak off the cuffspeak off the top of one's headplay it by earbusk itwing it
   • ▪ produce or make (something) from whatever is available: "I improvised a costume for myself out of an old blue dress" Similar contrivedevisethrow togethercobble togetherconcoctrigjury-rigput togetherinformal:knock upwhip upfix uprustle up

   Word Origin late 18th century (slightly earlier as improvisation): from French improviser, from Italian improvvisare, from improvviso ‘extempore’, from Latin improvisus ‘unforeseen’, based on provisus, past participle of providere ‘make preparation for’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. improvisatorial adjective
   • 2. improviser noun

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