'Extant' definitions:

Definition of 'extant'

From: WordNet
adjective
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]

Definition of 'Extant'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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