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Definition of Extemporises
1. extemporise [v] - See also: extemporise
Lexicographical Neighbors of Extemporises
Literary usage of Extemporises
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentlest Art: A Choice of Letters, by Entertaining Hands by Edward Verrall Lucas (1907)
"... however, to Mrs. F., if she will accept of reminiscences from another planet,
or at least another hemisphere. CL The Dean extemporises to Dr. ..."
2. Leaves from the Journals of Sir George Smart by George Thomas Smart, C. L. E. Cox, Hugh Bertram Cox (1907)
"... Chapel—Meets Beethoven again, when lie extemporises—At Mr. Maggi s for
quartettes—The Lusthaus—Second visit to Sir Henry Wellesley at Weinhaus— Modling. ..."
3. Papers on Preaching and Public Speaking by George Jennings Davies (1861)
"Indeed, when a preacher who extemporises much is in a good frame of mind, and
his thoughts flow freely and easily, he will feel more fresh and lively than ..."
4. Shakespeare as a Dramatic Artist: A Popular Illustration of the Principles by Richard Green Moulton (1901)
"And, to fill up a moment of waiting, he is called upon to exercise his professional
function at length, and extemporises a whole system of scientific ..."
5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1916)
"He extemporises at ease in his rooms at Peterhouse, then the ritualistic college
of Cambridge. Like Herbert he wasa piece of a courtier, but he did not go ..."
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