EXTANT

extant. extant, appearing, abroad, shewing it selfe.

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extant. Extant, a. now in being, standing in view

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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. 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. 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. 3. Publicly known; conspicuous. B. Jonson.