Definitions for: Extant


[adj] still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; "extant manuscripts"; "specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk"- Edward Clodd



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.

Synonyms: living, surviving

Antonyms: extinct, nonextant

See Also: existent, existing

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