improvised

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past simple and past participle of

to invent or make something, such as a speech or a device, at the time when it is needed without already having planned it:

I hadn't prepared a speech so I suddenly had to improvise.

improvise something from something We improvised a mattress from a pile of blankets.

When actors or musicians improvise, they perform without prepared speech or music, making up the play, music, etc. as they perform it:

During certain scenes of the play there isn't any script and the actors just improvise (the dialogue).