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<h1>Extemporal</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tem"po*ral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>extemporalis</ets>, from <ets>ex tempore</ets>.]</ety> <def>Extemporaneous; unpremeditated.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>B. Jonson.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Ex*tem"po*ral*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></wordforms>

<h1>Extemporanean</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Extemporaneous.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Burton.</i>

<h1>Extemporaneous</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Extempore</er>.]</ety> <def>Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; extempore; extemporary; <as>as, an <ex>extemporaneous</ex> address or production</as>.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness</wf>,<tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Extemporarily</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tem"po*ra*ri*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Extemporaneously.</def>

<h1>Extemporary</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tem"po*ra*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Extemporaneous.</def> "In <i>extemporary</i> prayer."

<i>Fuller.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Made for the occasion; for the time being.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Extemporary</i> habitations."

<i>Maundrell.</i>

<h1>Extempore</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tem"po*re</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ex</ets> out + <ets>tempus</ets>, <ets>temporis</ets>, time. See <er>Temporal</er>.]</ety> <def>Without previous study or meditation; without preparation; on the spur of the moment; suddenly; extemporaneously; <as>as, to write or speak <ex>extempore</ex></as>.</def> <i>Shak.</i></def> -- <def2><tt>a.</tt> <def>Done or performed extempore.</def> "<i>Extempore</i> dissertation." <i>Addison.</i> "<i>Extempore</i> poetry." <i>Dryden.</i></def2> --</def> <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>Speaking or writing done extempore.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Bp. Fell.</i></def2>

<h1>Extemporiness</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tem"po*ri*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being done or devised extempore</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<h1>Extemporization</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tem`po*ri*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of extemporizing; the act of doing anything extempore.</def>

<h1>Extemporize</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tem"po*rize</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Extemporized</er><tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Extemporizing</er><tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To speak extempore; especially, to discourse without special preparation; to make an offhand address.</def>

<h1>Extemporize</h1> <Xpage=529>

<hw>Ex*tem"po*rize</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To do, make, or utter extempore or off-hand; to prepare in great haste, under urgent necessity, or with scanty or unsuitable materials; <as>as, to <ex>extemporize</ex> a dinner, a costume, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>Themistocles . . . was of all men the best able to <b>extemporize</b> the right thing to be done. <i>Jowett (Thucyd. ).</i></blockquote>

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