Improvised

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Improvise \Im`pro*vise"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Improvised}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Improvising}.] [F. improviser, it.
     improvvisare, fr. improvviso unprovided, sudden, extempore,
     L. improvisus; pref. im- not + provisus foreseen, provided.
     See {Proviso}.]
     1. To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially


        in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an
        instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.
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     2. To bring about, arrange, do, or make, immediately or on
        short notice, without previous preparation and with no
        known precedent as a guide.
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              Charles attempted to improvise a peace. --Motley.
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     3. To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the
        moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  improvised
       adj : done or made using whatever is available; "crossed the river
             on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged
             fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"
             [syn: {jury-rigged}, {makeshift}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "improvised":
     ad hoc, ad libitum, ad-lib, band-aid, caught napping,
     caught off balance, caught short, extemporaneous, extemporary,
     extempore, extemporized, haphazard, hasty, impromptu,
     improvisational, improvisatorial, improvise, improviso,
     jury-rigged, makeshift, makeshifty, off-the-cuff, offhand,
     precipitate, provisional, rough-and-ready, snap, stopgap,
     surprised, taken aback, taken by surprise, taken unawares,
     temporary, tentative, tripped up, unarranged, unbegun, unconcocted,
     uncontrived, undeliberated, undevised, unhatched, unmade,
     unmanufactured, unorganized, unplanned, unpremeditated, unprepared,
     unprimed, unready, unrehearsed, unstudied