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.

A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant.

2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding.

Writings that were extant at that time.

The extant portraits of this great man.

3. Publicly known; conspicuous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

• Still in existence.
  
• Currently existing; not having disappeared.
  
• Still alive; not extinct.