| 单词 | to pray extempore |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto pray extempore 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 often merely means to speak without notes, or without reading from manuscript. to pray extempore is opposed to using a set form of prayer. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adverb] > in unplanned manner suddenly1340 of unwarninga1400 on, upon, rarely of, in (a) suddenty1469 casuallya1549 extemporea1556 of (upon) this sudden1572 extemporally1577 at (the or a) volley1578 on (or o') the volley1578 extrumpery1582 unpremeditately1607 extemporary1610 extempory1623 extemporarily1667 impromptu1669 ad aperturam libri1679 unpremeditatedly1694 impulsively1768 extemporaneously1791 promiscuously1791 spontaneously1799 on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801 spontaneous1810 promiscuous1826 improvisedly1851 off-handedly1876 at the first jet1878 off the cuff1927 off the top of one's head1939 off the wall1966 a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) ii. i. sig. C.iij Yea and extempore will he dities compose. 1588 G. Babington Profitable Expos. Lords Prayer ii. 175 Afterward..he..began to preach ex tempore. 1594 H. Plat Jewell House 29 (heading) A speedie..drinke which trauailers may make for themselves (ex tempore) when they are distressed for want of good Beer. 1642 Prince Rupert Declar. 2 Noblemen..could then fight so valiantly ex tempore. a1688 J. Bunyan Wks. II. 677 It is at this day wonderful common, for men to pray Ex-tempore..To pray by a Book..is now out of fashion. 1694 J. Collier Misc. v. 45 I don't like a Man that can hate at first Sight, and kill Extempore. 1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 494 [The tackle and pullies]..being easily..applied ex-tempore as occasion requires. 1758 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 8 Nov. (1967) III. 187 I wrote extempore on the back of the Song some stanzas that went perfectly well to the Tune. 1837 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 72 He proposes to speak these lectures extempore. 1840 T. Hood Open Quest. in New Monthly Mag. Aug. 529 He prey'd extempore as well As certain wild Itinerants on Sunday. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii.xxxvi. 454 The right expedient seemed to flash upon his mind extempore. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xi. 209 I always preach extempore. < as lemmas |
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