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Extant
Pronunciation : Ex"tant
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : 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 Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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