extemporizes
extemporizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of extemporize.
Meaning of extemporize
Verb
extemporize (third-person singular simple present extemporizes, present participle extemporizing, simple past and past participle extemporized)
- To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise.
- "Will you please tell me whose music you have been playing?" . . .
"It's nobody's, miss."
"Do you mean you have been extemporizing all this time?"1881, George MacDonald, chapter 35, in Mary Marston
- "Will you please tell me whose music you have been playing?" . . .
- To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner.
- As the music came fresher on their ears, they danced to its cadence, extemporizing new steps and attitudes.1860, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 10, in The Marble Faun
Questions about extemporizes
- What is extemporizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Extemporizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of extemporize.
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