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improvise(dictionary)
improvise(dictionary)

improvise (iou)



improvise verb trans. & intrans. E19.
[French improviser or its source Italian improvvisare, from improvviso extempore from Latin improvisus unforeseen, formed as IM-2 + provisus pa. pple of providere PROVIDE.]
Compose (music or verse) or utter or do (anything) on the spur of the moment. E19.
J. B. Priestley He was able to improvise the most amusing little tunes. R. G. Collingwood No rule can tell you how to act...you must improvise as best you can.
Provide or construct (something) as a makeshift. M19.
K. Grahame Knotting the sheets..together and tying..the improvised rope round the central mullion. P. Roth Each appeared to have improvised a uniform from a heap of old clothes.