extemporization (ekstem"porizashon)

[ Also spelled extemporisation . extemporize (eks.tem tem'pō-riz), v.; pret. and pp. extemporized, ppr. extemporizing. [ to extemporize a speech or a dinner; to extemporize a couch or a shelter. Pitt, of whom it was said that he could extemporize a Queen's speech. Lord Campbell , Eldon. The fraternization to be succe ful should not have been extemporized in the heats of a strike. The American, VI. 307. Specifically -2. To compose without premeditation on a special occasion: as, he extempo rized a brilliant accompaniment. II. in trans. 1. To speak extempore; speak without previous study or preparation; discourse without notes or written draft. The extemporizing faculty is never more out of its element than in the pulpit. South , Works, II. iii. Preachers are prone either to extemporize always, or to write always. A. Phelps , Eng. Style, p. 109. 2. To sing, or play on an instrument, composing the music as it proceeds; improvise. See improvise.- Extemporizing-machine, a machine for recording an extemporaneous performance on the organ or piano, by means of mechanism connected with the keyboard. Several such machines have been invented, one by the great mathematician Euler. Also spelled extemporise .