Improvise

v. t.	1.	To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously. [imp. & p. p. Improvised ; p. pr. & vb. n. Improvising.]
	2.	To bring about, arrange, do, or make, immediately or on short notice, without previous preparation and with no known precedent as a guide. Charles attempted to improvise a peace. - Motley.
	3.	To invent, or provide, offhand, or on the spur of the moment; as, he improvised a hammer out of a stone.
v. i.	1.	To produce or render extemporaneous compositions, especially in verse or in music, without previous preparation; hence, to do anything offhand.

Verb	1.	improvise - perform without preparation; "he extemporized a speech at the wedding" Synonyms: ad-lib, extemporise, improvize, extemporize
	2.	improvise - manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand; "after the hurricane destroyed our house, we had to improvise for weeks" Synonyms: extemporize

ad lib, ad-lib, be caught napping, be surprised, be taken unawares, be unprepared, beget, breed, bring forth, bring into being, call into being, coin, conceive, concoct, contrive, cook up, dash off, design, develop, devise, discover, do offhand, dream up, engender, evolve, extemporize, fabricate, fake, frame, generate, give being to, give rise to, go off half-cocked, hatch, have no plan, improvisate, invent, jury-rig, knock off, lash up, make do, make do with, make up, mature, mint, originate, plan, play by ear, procreate, scrap the plan, spawn, strike off, strike out, think out, think up, throw off, throw together, toss off, toss out, vamp, whip up, whomp up, wing it

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