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Meanings of extemporise in English

Spanish
improvisar

Perform without preparation.

improvisar
Usage of extemporise in English
1
They had to extemporise crimes, and they were not scrupulous about it.
The Trial and Death of Jesus Christ: A Devotional History of Our...
2
After dinner the older visitors sit down to cards, and the young people extemporise a dance.
Russia
3
I could very soon black myself all over, and a nigger's costume will not take long to extemporise.
The Three Midshipmen
4
They are forbidden to read, and forbidden to extemporise, and by practice they speak from memory-somewell, all tolerably.'
Correspondence & Conversations of Alexis de Tocqueville with Nas...
5
As I crossed the floor I tried to extemporise a prayer, but stopped short to listen, and never finished it.
J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 1
6
If you were there, and perhaps J. and B. as well, we might extemporise something purely for our own diversion.
Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt — Volume 2
7
He could not extemporise as Handel, and Bach in more restricted circles, had done, nor as Mozart and Beethoven were soon to do.
Haydn
8
To reach this, it was necessary to extemporise by means of a rope a species of ratlins by which he could climb the rigging.
The Dominion of the Air: The Story of Aerial Navigation
9
We were not there that August morning to see an extemporised performance.
T. De Witt Talmage as I Knew Him
10
The baron withdrew silently, and returning later found Beethoven extemporising in heavenly mood.
The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1
11
He was striking a few preliminary chords and indulging in an extemporised prelude.
Madame Flirt / A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'
12
A few of the more reckless among us extemporised a game of polo.
Six Months at the Cape
13
Tables were being extemporised on the broad level plot in front of the gate.
The Dog Crusoe and his Master
14
I started to raise my death-chant again- apurelyextemporised farrago of a drug-crazed youth.
John Barleycorn
15
Thus a holiday was extemporised for Harry, subject to the approbation of his father.
David Elginbrod
16
It sounded like a drunken jazz band extemporising on bagpipes; a wheezing, rambling cacophony.
Complete Books of Blood
Translations for extemporise
Spanish
improvisar
Extemporise through the time