#464 extemporize

extemporize- verb- to perform, speak, or compose without planning or preparation; to use a temporary solution for an immediate need; improvise

C16 from Latin ex tempore instantaneously, from ex out of +tempus time

The mayor liked the writer because he could extemporize political speeches in a hurry.

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