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extant(dictionary)

extant (iou)



extant adjective. M16.
[Latin ex(s)tant- pres. ppl stem of ex(s)tare be prominent or visible, exist, formed as EX-1 1 + stare stand: see -ANT1.]
Able to be publicly seen, found, or reached; accessible. M16-M17.
Projecting or protruding from a surface. (Foll. by above, from, etc.) arch. M16.
Conspicuous, manifest. Now rare. M16.
In existence, esp. (of a document etc.) still existing, surviving. Formerly also, (of time) present; (of a fashion) current. M16.
G. L. Harding There are scratched or hammered on some rocks outlines of various animals then extant. M. Meyer Gosse's reply is not extant.