Improvise Definition

ĭmprə-vīz

improvised, improvises, improvising

verb

improvised, improvises, improvising

To compose, or simultaneously compose and perform, on the spur of the moment and without any preparation; extemporize.

Webster's New World

To make or provide from available materials.

Improvised a dinner from what I found in the refrigerator.

American Heritage

To bring about, make, or do on the spur of the moment.

To improvise a solution to a problem.

Webster's New World

To make, compose, or perform something extemporaneously.

American Heritage

To make, provide, or do with the tools and materials at hand, usually to fill an unforeseen and immediate need.

To improvise a bed out of leaves.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Improvise

French improviser from Italian improvvisare from improvviso unforeseen from Latin imprōvīsus in- not in–¹ prōvīsus past participle of prōvidēre to foresee provide

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French improviser

From Wiktionary