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Main Entry:: ¹ad–lib
Pronunciation:: \ˈad-ˈlib\
Function:: verb
Inflected Form(s):: ad–libbed; ad–lib·bing
Etymology:: ad lib
Date:: 1919

transitive verb : to deliver spontaneously intransitive verb : to improvise especially lines or a speech

— ad–lib noun

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