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EXTANT
extant
(adjective) still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; “extant manuscripts”; “specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk”- Edward Clodd
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
extant (not comparable)
Still in existence.
Currently existing; not having disappeared.
Still alive; not extinct.
(obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.
Synonyms
• (still in existence): existent, existing; see also existent
• (still alive): alive and kicking, living, vital; see also alive
Antonyms
• (still alive): extinct
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"tant, a. Etym: [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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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