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| extant | (adj) still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; ; - Edward Clodd, Ant. extinct, Example: extant manuscripts; specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk |
| Extant | 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. ] 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 ] Writings that were extant at that time. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ] The extant portraits of this great man. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ] |