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.
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.
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