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.
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A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant.
--Bentley.
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2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.
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Writings that were extant at that time. --Sir M.
Hale.
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The extant portraits of this great man. --I. Taylor.
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3. Publicly known; conspicuous. [Obs.]
--B. Jonson.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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37 Moby Thesaurus words for "extant":
actual, alive, around, as is, being, contemporaneous, contemporary,
current, existent, existing, fresh, immanent, immediate, in being,
in effect, in existence, in force, instant, latest, living, modern,
new, on foot, present, present-age, present-day, present-time,
prevalent, running, subsistent, subsisting, that be, that is,
topical, under the sun, up-to-date, up-to-the-minute
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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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.
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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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