† improvisateadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: improvise v., -ate suffix².

Etymology: < improvise v. + -ate suffix², after improvisation n., improvisator n. Compare Italian improvvisato (a1837; use as adjective of past participle of improvvisare improvise v.). Compare earlier improvised adj., improviso adj., and also earlier improvisatize v.

Obsolete.

Unpremeditated, impromptu; improvised.

ΚΠ

1845 W. Bolles Explanatory & Phonographic Pronouncing Dict. Eng. Lang. 404/2 Improvisate, unpremeditated.

1846 J. E. Cate Year with Franklins xiii. 151 They all came, and never need there be a better-natured family party. All liked it better for being entirely improvisate.

1880 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Mar. 235/1 They were all gathered in the sitting-room, where Gertrude had been entertaining the company with some music, winding up with an improvisate miserere.

1906 Musical Standard 6 Oct. 213/1 I have not referred to every fact in the history of notation up to this point. There were some other rules but they were of the same improvisate character.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2018).

improvisatev.

Brit.

/ˈɪmprəvʌɪzeɪt/,

/(ˌ)ɪmˈprɒvᵻzeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈɪmprəvəˌzeɪt/,

/ᵻmˈprɑvəˌzeɪt/,

/ᵻmˈprɑvəˌseɪt/

Forms: 1800s improvvisate, 1800s– improvisate.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Italian, combined with an English element. Etymons: French improviser , -ate suffix³; Italian improvvisare , -ate suffix³.

Etymology: < French improviser and its etymon Italian improvvisare (for both, see improvise v.) + -ate suffix³, after improvisation n., improvisator n., etc.

rare after late 19th cent.

1. transitive and intransitive. To compose or perform (poetry, drama, music, etc.) spontaneously; to extemporize (a speech, lecture, etc.). Cf. improvise v. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > improvise or ad lib

to speak at one's (also the) fingers' end1607

extemporize1775

improvisate1817

improvisatorize1828

ad-lib1910

1817 [see improvisated adj. at Derivatives].

1822 tr. A. Morellet in N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 325 I observed some very agreeable stanzas, some filled with brilliant points, and others grave and sustained, and..it was a very agreeable exhibition to the eyes, and entertainment to the taste, to hear her improvisate [Fr. improviser].

1836 G. W. Haven tr. H. Heine Lett. Hist. Mod. Polite Lit. in Germany 152 They would improvisate a snatch of native song, or whistle aloud in the free air.

1888 T. D. Warner Madalena iv. iv. 160 Poetry is the thing for ears like hers. I'll improvisate.

1905 O. Racster Chats on Violins App. 216 He [sc. Paganini] improvisates on the orchestral movement.

2009 E. W. Traylor in A. Mitchell & D. K. Taylor Cambr. Compan. Afr. Amer. Women's Lit. iii. 56 Chanting, wailing, ‘improvisating’, drawing upon black speech and black music.

†2. transitive. To create, invent, or do something spontaneously or without preparation, esp. in response to circumstances, or as a result of necessity; to make or construct using whatever is available. Also intransitive. Cf. improvise v. 2a, 2b, 2c. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [verb (transitive)] > do without planning

extempore1771

improvisate1831

improvise1843

1831 Lady's Bk. (L. A. Godey & Co.) Apr. 270/1 Repletion is the mother of..as many more distempers as it pleases Sir Henry and the college to legalize, or Mr. Saint John Long to improvisate.

1832 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 284 I was obliged to improvisate a padlock.

1837 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 4 453 It was easy to improvisate a paroxysm of royal rapture.

1845 Standard 12 4/2 A code of poor-laws cannot be improvisated in an unimproveable form.

1912 Med. Rev. of Reviews 18 375/1 Nor should the darksome pathogeny of hysteria throw us into embarrassment and urge us to improvisate, seeing we have in no small measure the secret to its cure.

Derivatives

ˈimprovisated adj.

ΚΠ

1817 Times 29 Mar. 3/5 Medea, an Improvisated Tragedy.

1840 Citizen May 463/1 An improvisated orchestra of six or eight juvenile folk of the party.

1913 H. C. Chatfield-Taylor Goldoni iii. 88 Other names for this variety of comedy, each suggestive of its improvisated character, are Commedia improvvisa, Commedia non scritta, and Commedia a soggetto.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	improvisate
释义	† improvisateadj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: improvise v., -ate suffix². Etymology: < improvise v. + -ate suffix², after improvisation n., improvisator n. Compare Italian improvvisato (a1837; use as adjective of past participle of improvvisare improvise v.). Compare earlier improvised adj., improviso adj., and also earlier improvisatize v. Obsolete. Unpremeditated, impromptu; improvised. ΚΠ 1845 W. Bolles Explanatory & Phonographic Pronouncing Dict. Eng. Lang. 404/2 Improvisate, unpremeditated. 1846 J. E. Cate Year with Franklins xiii. 151 They all came, and never need there be a better-natured family party. All liked it better for being entirely improvisate. 1880 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Mar. 235/1 They were all gathered in the sitting-room, where Gertrude had been entertaining the company with some music, winding up with an improvisate miserere. 1906 Musical Standard 6 Oct. 213/1 I have not referred to every fact in the history of notation up to this point. There were some other rules but they were of the same improvisate character. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online September 2018). improvisatev. Brit. /ˈɪmprəvʌɪzeɪt/, /(ˌ)ɪmˈprɒvᵻzeɪt/, U.S. /ˈɪmprəvəˌzeɪt/, /ᵻmˈprɑvəˌzeɪt/, /ᵻmˈprɑvəˌseɪt/ Forms: 1800s improvvisate, 1800s– improvisate. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French, combined with an English element. Partly a borrowing from Italian, combined with an English element. Etymons: French improviser , -ate suffix³; Italian improvvisare , -ate suffix³. Etymology: < French improviser and its etymon Italian improvvisare (for both, see improvise v.) + -ate suffix³, after improvisation n., improvisator n., etc. rare after late 19th cent. 1. transitive and intransitive. To compose or perform (poetry, drama, music, etc.) spontaneously; to extemporize (a speech, lecture, etc.). Cf. improvise v. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > improvise or ad lib to speak at one's (also the) fingers' end1607 extemporize1775 improvisate1817 improvisatorize1828 ad-lib1910 1817 [see improvisated adj. at Derivatives]. 1822 tr. A. Morellet in N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 325 I observed some very agreeable stanzas, some filled with brilliant points, and others grave and sustained, and..it was a very agreeable exhibition to the eyes, and entertainment to the taste, to hear her improvisate [Fr. improviser]. 1836 G. W. Haven tr. H. Heine Lett. Hist. Mod. Polite Lit. in Germany 152 They would improvisate a snatch of native song, or whistle aloud in the free air. 1888 T. D. Warner Madalena iv. iv. 160 Poetry is the thing for ears like hers. I'll improvisate. 1905 O. Racster Chats on Violins App. 216 He [sc. Paganini] improvisates on the orchestral movement. 2009 E. W. Traylor in A. Mitchell & D. K. Taylor Cambr. Compan. Afr. Amer. Women's Lit. iii. 56 Chanting, wailing, ‘improvisating’, drawing upon black speech and black music. †2. transitive. To create, invent, or do something spontaneously or without preparation, esp. in response to circumstances, or as a result of necessity; to make or construct using whatever is available. Also intransitive. Cf. improvise v. 2a, 2b, 2c. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [verb (transitive)] > do without planning extempore1771 improvisate1831 improvise1843 1831 Lady's Bk. (L. A. Godey & Co.) Apr. 270/1 Repletion is the mother of..as many more distempers as it pleases Sir Henry and the college to legalize, or Mr. Saint John Long to improvisate. 1832 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 284 I was obliged to improvisate a padlock. 1837 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 4 453 It was easy to improvisate a paroxysm of royal rapture. 1845 Standard 12 4/2 A code of poor-laws cannot be improvisated in an unimproveable form. 1912 Med. Rev. of Reviews 18 375/1 Nor should the darksome pathogeny of hysteria throw us into embarrassment and urge us to improvisate, seeing we have in no small measure the secret to its cure. Derivatives ˈimprovisated adj. ΚΠ 1817 Times 29 Mar. 3/5 Medea, an Improvisated Tragedy. 1840 Citizen May 463/1 An improvisated orchestra of six or eight juvenile folk of the party. 1913 H. C. Chatfield-Taylor Goldoni iii. 88 Other names for this variety of comedy, each suggestive of its improvisated character, are Commedia improvvisa, Commedia non scritta, and Commedia a soggetto. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1845v.1817
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