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extemporize
extemporize, v. (ɛkˈstɛmpəraɪz) [f. extempore adv. + -ize.] 1. intr. To speak extempore. Also, to compose and perform music off-hand; to improvise.a 1717 [see extemporizing vbl. n.]. 1775 in Ash. 1883 A. Phelps Eng. Style vii. 109 Preachers are prone either to extemporize always or to write always. ...
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extemporize
extemporizeextemporise, / ɪkˈstempəraɪz; ɪk`stɛmpəˌraɪz/ v [I](fml 文) speak or perform extempore 即席讲话; 即兴表演 He had to extemporize because he had forgotten to bring his notes. 他因为忘了带讲稿, 只好即席发言.
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Jacques Bridaine
Sulpice (in 1753)
Bridaine, who tended to extemporize rather than writing his sermons in advance, quickly became famous for his theatrical preaching and
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extemporist
extemporist rare—1. (ɛkˈstɛmpərɪst) [f. extempor-e adv. + -ist.] One who is given to extemporize.1812 Religionism 60 Extemporists.
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George Tremblay
Tremblay was also noted for his unique capacity to extemporize on the piano and frequently performed as an improviser. In addition to receiving musical instruction from his father, Tremblay quickly learned how to extemporize at the keyboard in the style of these composers
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impromptu
impromptu, adv., n., a. (ɪmˈprɒm(p)tjuː) [ad. L. in promptū in readiness, at hand (promptus readiness), written as one word and with the n changed to m before p, as in F. impromptu (Molière, 1659), whence also the adj. and n. uses.] A. adv. Without preparation or premeditation; off-hand, on the spur...
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Hans Alfredson
His most celebrated contribution to their brand of humorist humanism was his ability to extemporize wildly absurd comic situations, for example in the
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extempore
▪ I. extempore, adv., a., and n. (ɛksˈtɛmpəriː) [a. L. phrase ex tempore lit. ‘out of the time’.] A. adv. 1. At the moment, without premeditation or preparation; at first sight; off-hand. Now usually with reference to speech, composition, or musical performance. to speak extempore in present use oft...
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Memoria
Hence, for a rhetor, memory is as much related to the need to extemporize as to the necessity to memorize a discourse for delivery; in this way it is linked
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Bohemian Manifesto
Beats jam, improvise, extemporize, blow ethereal notes into the universe, write poetry, ramble and wreck cars. They live on the edge of ideas.
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Provide several synonyms for the word 'broaden'.
Expand, widen, amplify, enlarge, diversify, extemporize, diversify.
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Tenores di Bitti
They extemporize or perform poems with each singer taking one of four parts: boke, bassu, contra, or mea'oke.
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back-chat
back-chat, n. colloq. [? orig. soldiers' slang; f. back- A. 12 c + chat n.1] Impertinent or impudent replies, esp. to a superior; abuse, insulting speech; altercation, heated talk; repartee. Cf. back-answer (back- 12 c) and back-talk.1901 Subaltern's Lett. Wife 108 ‘That'll do, Sergeant Jones’, I he...
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Ka Mate
of the haka:
"Ka Mate" was conceived as a brief energizing haka of the ngeri type, where, in the absence of set movements, the performers are free to extemporize
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autoschediasm
autoschediasm (ɔːtəʊˈskɛdɪæz(ə)m) [ad. Gr. αὐτοσχεδίασµα, f. αὐτοσχεδιάζειν to act, speak, etc. off-hand, f. αὐτοσχέδιος personally near, hand to hand, off-hand.] Something done off-hand, extemporized, or hastily improvised. autoschediastic (ˌɔːtəʊskɛdɪˈæstɪk), a. [Gr. αὐτοσχεδιαστικός], done on the...
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