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Webster 1913 Edition
Extant
Ex′tant
,Adj.
[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.
That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums.
Ray.
A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly
extant
. Bentley.
2.
Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.
Writings that were
extant
at that time. Sir M. Hale.
The
extant
portraits of this great man. I. Taylor.
3.
Publicly known; conspicuous.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson.
Webster 1828 Edition
Extant
EX'TANT
,Adj.
That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums.
A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant.
1.
In being; not subsisting; not suppressed, destroyed, or lost. A part only of the history of Livy, and of the writings of Cicero, is now extant. Socrates wrote much, but none of his writings are extant. The extant works of orators and philosophers.Definition 2024
extant
extant
English
Adjective
extant (not comparable)
- Still in existence.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- Currently existing; not having disappeared.
- Still alive; not extinct.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (still alive): extinct
Translations
still in existence
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currently existing; not having disappeared
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still alive; not extinct
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