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extant

ex·tant

UK/ɛkˈstænt/ US/ˈɛk.stənt/ uncommon obsolete

adjective

1.

still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost

  • “extant manuscripts”
  • “specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk” Edward Clodd
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Origin

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

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