Extant \Ex"tant\, a. [L. extans, -antis, or exstans, -antis, p.
pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare
to stand: cf. F. extant. See Stand.]
1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded.
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That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. --Ray. [1913 Webster]
A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. --Bentley. [1913 Webster]
2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding. [1913 Webster]
Writings that were extant at that time. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]
The extant portraits of this great man. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
3. Publicly known; conspicuous. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
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extant
adj
1: still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost;
"extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found
among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd [ant:
extinct, nonextant]
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