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▪ I. improvisate, v.|ɪmˈprɒvɪzeɪt|
Also improvvisate.
[f. F. improviser or It. improv(v)isare: see improvise and -ate3.]
= improvise. a. trans.
1832J. H. Newman Lett. (1891) I. 284, I was obliged to improvisate a padlock. 1837Tait's Mag. IV. 453 It was easy to improvisate a paroxysm of royal rapture. 1837Fraser's Mag. XVI. 413 He had improvvisated the verses.
b. intr. To speak extempore.
1838J. Grant Random Recoll. Lds. & Com. Ser. ii. II. vii. 89 Few men in the house can improvisate better [than Mr. Gladstone].
▪ II. imˈprovisate, ppl. a. rare.
[ad. It. improv(v)isato, pa. pple. of improv(v)isare to improvise.]
= improvised; unpremeditated, impromptu.
1847in Craig. Hence in mod. Dicts. |