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First attested in 1545, from Latin extantem, extāns, present participle of extō (“to stand out, exist, be extant”), from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”).

not comparable Still in existence; not having disappeared. extant manuscripts of the Old Testament
not comparable Still alive; not extinct. birds are the only extant dinosaurs
not comparable, obsolete Standing out, or above the rest. [W]hereas in ſmall fragments or plates, the Ice, though it ſink not to the bottom of the water, will oftentimes ſink so low in it, as ſcarce to leave any part evidently extant above the ſurface of the water, in vaſt quantities of Ice, that extancy is ſometimes ſo conſpicuous, that Navigators in thei