extantadj.n.

Brit.

/ɛkˈstant/,

/ᵻkˈstant/,

/ˈɛkst(ə)nt/,

/ˈɛkstənt/, U.S.

/ˈɛkstənt/,

/ɛkˈstænt/,

/ˈɛkˌstænt/

Forms: 1500s extaunt, (1600s extent), 1600s–1700s exstant, Middle English– extant.

Etymology: < Latin ex(s)tant-em, present participle of ex(s)tāre to stand forth, be prominent, be visible, exist, < ex- out + stāre to stand. Compare French extant.

A. adj.

1. Standing out or above any surface; projecting, protruding, protuberant. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]

steepc1000

tooting?c1225

strutting1387

prominent?1440

extant1540

eminent?1541

pouting1563

poking1566

out1576

egregious1578

promontory1579

out-pointed1585

buttinga1593

outjetting1598

perking1598

jettying1609

juttying1609

out-jutting1611

outstanding1611

upsticking1611

out-shooting1622

jutting1624

outgrowing1625

rank1625

toting1645

projectinga1652

porrected1653

protruded1654

protruding1654

upcast1658

protending1659

jettinga1661

raised1663

starting1680

emersed1686

exerted1697

projective1703

jet-out1709

exorbitant1715

sticking1715

foreright1736

poky1754

perked-up1779

salient1789

prouda1800

overdriven1812

extrusive1816

stand-up1818

shouldering1824

jutty1827

outflung1830

sticky-out1839

sticking-up1852

outreaching1853

protrusive1858

out-thrusting1869

stickout1884

protrudent1891

1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. liiii^v The parte extante or boging forth of the nauell is fallen.

1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. ii. Rule 6 §30 An image..contains..all sorts of representations, flat or extant.

1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) i. 166 The Plug was extant above the orifice of the vessel.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 205 In St. Paul's it is extant out of the wall.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 174 Neck and barb observing from the flesh Extant.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision xii. 51 The Centaur paus'd, near some, who at the throat Were extant from the wave.

1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. i. viii. 126 Its naked body half extant from the coarse blanket.

2. Standing forth to view; in early use, with phrase extant to the sight, extant to be seen: prominent, conspicuous, manifest. Now archaic. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > conspicuous

superapparent?a1475

apparent?1541

conspicuous1545

extant1566

conspicable1579

perspicuous1586

kenspeck1590

public1598

prominent1628

eye-taking1635

bold1678

kenspeckle1714

remarkable1726

telegraphic1809

supersalient1843

blatant1889

1566 I. B. tr. Fortresse of Fathers sig. C3^v This testimonye hath Kyng Edward..vnder the greate seale of England giuen of him whych is in print at this daye extant in laten to be sene of all the world.

1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 171 There are yet extant to the eie, the ruined walles of an auncient fortification.

1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 21 Old Quarrels are ript up, to make his spleen more extant.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. iii. 95.

1690–1700 Order of Hospitalls sig. Fv The same booke is ordered, extant to be seene.

1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. xvi. 334 The truth should be visibly extant.

†3. Existing so as to be publicly seen, found, or got at; accessible, get-at-able. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be

procurablec1449

purveyable1542

gettable1553

extant1555

parable1563

acquirable1606

gainable1611

purchasable1611

obtainablea1617

acquisitive1629

haveable1639

producible1640

come-at-able?1685

derivablea1711

attainable1712

embraceable1841

graspable1868

securable1876

1555 R. Braham in Lydgate's Auncient Hist. Warres betwixte Grecians & Troyans To Rdr. Whose bokes..were not of long extant, yet at the last beyng found at Athenes, have [etc].

1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. Civ He..may with the assistance of the Constable seise all the Bread extant at the Bakers house.

a. In existence; existing. †Of time: Present. archaic †Of a fashion, etc.: In vogue, current.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > existent or existing

bornOE

sustaineda1450

beingc1460

essential1535

existent1535

extant1561

existing1578

eventual1752

beënt1865

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 18^v Among so manifold miserable afflictions of the Jewes..they [the tables of God's covenant] remained still safe and extant.

1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. v. 191 Other matters not extant in the booke of the Termes.

1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 280 The alienation made before the condition were extant or accomplished.

a1593 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 106 Look how many heresies are extant in the church.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) iv. vii. 52 In this extant moment.

1618 G. Wither Wither's Motto (1633) 545 The fashions that last extant be.

1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 126 There is not a Pelagian, an Arminian this day extant.

1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 66 The most proper Form of Words that were ever extant in any..Language.

1822 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. vii. 152 If routes and reviews had been extant in Shakespeare's time.

1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism v. 229 A religious community..everywhere extant.

1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. x Cromwell, Vane, and their companions were extant.

b. Continuing to exist; that has escaped the ravages of time, still existing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring

longeOE

longsomeeOE

long of lifeOE

lastinga1225

cleaving1340

continualc1340

dwellingc1380

long-livinga1382

everlastingc1384

long-duringa1387

long-lasting?a1400

long-liveda1400

broadc1400

permanable?c1422

perseverant?a1425

permanentc1425

perdurable?a1439

continuedc1440

abiding1448

unremoved1455

eternalc1460

long-continued1464

continuing1526

long-enduring1527

enduring1532

immortal1538

diuturn?1541

veterated1547

resiant?1567

stayinga1568

well-wearinga1568

substantive1575

pertinacious1578

extant1581

ceaseless1590

marble1596

of length1597

longeval1598

diuturnal1599

nine-lived1600

chronic1601

unexhausted1602

chronical1604

endurable1607

continuant1610

indeflourishing1610

aged1611

indurant1611

continuatea1616

perennious1628

seculara1631

undiscontinueda1631

continuated1632

untransitory1632

long-spun1633

momently1641

stative1643

outliving1645

constant1653

long-descended1660

voluminousa1661

perduring1664

perdurant1671

livelong1673

perennial1676

longeve1678

consequential1681

unquenched1703

lifelong1746

momentary1755

inveterate1780

stabile1797

persistent1826

unpassing1831

all-time1846

year-long1846

teak-built1847

lengthful1855

long-term1867

long haul1873

sticky1879

week-to-week1879

perenduring1883

long-range1885

longish1889

long-time1902

long run1904

long-life1915

1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 462 b In the same Church is extaunt the Altar whereupon he prayd.

1610 A. Cooke Pope Joane in Harl. Misc. (1809) IV. 57 I say, there are few of his works extant; and in those which are extant, he shews no gall against the popes.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 191 She leapes into..fire, which leaues nothing extant saue fame and ashes.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1746 I. 95 None of his letters during those years are extant.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. iv. 66 The Roman temple, extant in the time of Geoffrey of Monmouth.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic xii. 384 These fossils do not differ more from the extant types.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §2. 7 The only extant British account is that of the monk Gildas.

†B. n.

a. An extant copy (cf. extat n.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > transcript or copy > existing copy

extant1592

1592 tr. Julius on Rev. xi. 7 There is an extant of that matter written by the same Boniface.

b. plural. Remains. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remains

reliquiesOE

rest?a1475

offals1538

reliquiae1582

relicts1598

afterlings1613

stoundings1650

extantsa1658

a1658 J. Cleveland Poor Cavalier in Wks. (1687) 328 Now Peace be with thy Dust..For the next motion to a Calm..Will thy poor Extants into peices tear.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	extant
释义	extantadj.n. Brit. /ɛkˈstant/, /ᵻkˈstant/, /ˈɛkst(ə)nt/, /ˈɛkstənt/, U.S. /ˈɛkstənt/, /ɛkˈstænt/, /ˈɛkˌstænt/ Forms: 1500s extaunt, (1600s extent), 1600s–1700s exstant, Middle English– extant. Etymology: < Latin ex(s)tant-em, present participle of ex(s)tāre to stand forth, be prominent, be visible, exist, < ex- out + stāre to stand. Compare French extant. A. adj. 1. Standing out or above any surface; projecting, protruding, protuberant. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective] steepc1000 tooting?c1225 strutting1387 prominent?1440 extant1540 eminent?1541 pouting1563 poking1566 out1576 egregious1578 promontory1579 out-pointed1585 buttinga1593 outjetting1598 perking1598 jettying1609 juttying1609 out-jutting1611 outstanding1611 upsticking1611 out-shooting1622 jutting1624 outgrowing1625 rank1625 toting1645 projectinga1652 porrected1653 protruded1654 protruding1654 upcast1658 protending1659 jettinga1661 raised1663 starting1680 emersed1686 exerted1697 projective1703 jet-out1709 exorbitant1715 sticking1715 foreright1736 poky1754 perked-up1779 salient1789 prouda1800 overdriven1812 extrusive1816 stand-up1818 shouldering1824 jutty1827 outflung1830 sticky-out1839 sticking-up1852 outreaching1853 protrusive1858 out-thrusting1869 stickout1884 protrudent1891 1540 R. Jonas tr. E. Roesslin Byrth of Mankynde i. f. liiii^v The parte extante or boging forth of the nauell is fallen. 1660 Bp. J. Taylor Ductor Dubitantium I. ii. ii. Rule 6 §30 An image..contains..all sorts of representations, flat or extant. 1669 R. Boyle Contin. New Exper. Physico-mech. (1682) i. 166 The Plug was extant above the orifice of the vessel. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 205 In St. Paul's it is extant out of the wall. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. iv. 174 Neck and barb observing from the flesh Extant. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision xii. 51 The Centaur paus'd, near some, who at the throat Were extant from the wave. 1841 G. Borrow Zincali I. i. viii. 126 Its naked body half extant from the coarse blanket. 2. Standing forth to view; in early use, with phrase extant to the sight, extant to be seen: prominent, conspicuous, manifest. Now archaic. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adjective] > clearly visible > conspicuous superapparent?a1475 apparent?1541 conspicuous1545 extant1566 conspicable1579 perspicuous1586 kenspeck1590 public1598 prominent1628 eye-taking1635 bold1678 kenspeckle1714 remarkable1726 telegraphic1809 supersalient1843 blatant1889 1566 I. B. tr. Fortresse of Fathers sig. C3^v This testimonye hath Kyng Edward..vnder the greate seale of England giuen of him whych is in print at this daye extant in laten to be sene of all the world. 1596 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent (rev. ed.) 171 There are yet extant to the eie, the ruined walles of an auncient fortification. 1627 Ld. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 21 Old Quarrels are ript up, to make his spleen more extant. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. iii. 95. 1690–1700 Order of Hospitalls sig. Fv The same booke is ordered, extant to be seene. 1868 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea III. xvi. 334 The truth should be visibly extant. †3. Existing so as to be publicly seen, found, or got at; accessible, get-at-able. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be procurablec1449 purveyable1542 gettable1553 extant1555 parable1563 acquirable1606 gainable1611 purchasable1611 obtainablea1617 acquisitive1629 haveable1639 producible1640 come-at-able?1685 derivablea1711 attainable1712 embraceable1841 graspable1868 securable1876 1555 R. Braham in Lydgate's Auncient Hist. Warres betwixte Grecians & Troyans To Rdr. Whose bokes..were not of long extant, yet at the last beyng found at Athenes, have [etc]. 1638 J. Penkethman Artachthos sig. Civ He..may with the assistance of the Constable seise all the Bread extant at the Bakers house. 4. a. In existence; existing. †Of time: Present. archaic †Of a fashion, etc.: In vogue, current. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > existent or existing bornOE sustaineda1450 beingc1460 essential1535 existent1535 extant1561 existing1578 eventual1752 beënt1865 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 18^v Among so manifold miserable afflictions of the Jewes..they [the tables of God's covenant] remained still safe and extant. 1588 W. Lambarde Eirenarcha (new ed.) ii. v. 191 Other matters not extant in the booke of the Termes. 1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 280 The alienation made before the condition were extant or accomplished. a1593 H. Smith Wks. (1867) II. 106 Look how many heresies are extant in the church. a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) iv. vii. 52 In this extant moment. 1618 G. Wither Wither's Motto (1633) 545 The fashions that last extant be. 1630 W. Prynne Anti-Arminianisme 126 There is not a Pelagian, an Arminian this day extant. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 66 The most proper Form of Words that were ever extant in any..Language. 1822 M. R. Mitford in A. G. L'Estrange Life M. R. Mitford (1870) II. vii. 152 If routes and reviews had been extant in Shakespeare's time. 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism v. 229 A religious community..everywhere extant. 1849 C. Stovel Canne's Necessitie of Separation Introd. p. x Cromwell, Vane, and their companions were extant. b. Continuing to exist; that has escaped the ravages of time, still existing. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring longeOE longsomeeOE long of lifeOE lastinga1225 cleaving1340 continualc1340 dwellingc1380 long-livinga1382 everlastingc1384 long-duringa1387 long-lasting?a1400 long-liveda1400 broadc1400 permanable?c1422 perseverant?a1425 permanentc1425 perdurable?a1439 continuedc1440 abiding1448 unremoved1455 eternalc1460 long-continued1464 continuing1526 long-enduring1527 enduring1532 immortal1538 diuturn?1541 veterated1547 resiant?1567 stayinga1568 well-wearinga1568 substantive1575 pertinacious1578 extant1581 ceaseless1590 marble1596 of length1597 longeval1598 diuturnal1599 nine-lived1600 chronic1601 unexhausted1602 chronical1604 endurable1607 continuant1610 indeflourishing1610 aged1611 indurant1611 continuatea1616 perennious1628 seculara1631 undiscontinueda1631 continuated1632 untransitory1632 long-spun1633 momently1641 stative1643 outliving1645 constant1653 long-descended1660 voluminousa1661 perduring1664 perdurant1671 livelong1673 perennial1676 longeve1678 consequential1681 unquenched1703 lifelong1746 momentary1755 inveterate1780 stabile1797 persistent1826 unpassing1831 all-time1846 year-long1846 teak-built1847 lengthful1855 long-term1867 long haul1873 sticky1879 week-to-week1879 perenduring1883 long-range1885 longish1889 long-time1902 long run1904 long-life1915 1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 462 b In the same Church is extaunt the Altar whereupon he prayd. 1610 A. Cooke Pope Joane in Harl. Misc. (1809) IV. 57 I say, there are few of his works extant; and in those which are extant, he shews no gall against the popes. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 191 She leapes into..fire, which leaues nothing extant saue fame and ashes. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1746 I. 95 None of his letters during those years are extant. 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. i. iv. 66 The Roman temple, extant in the time of Geoffrey of Monmouth. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic xii. 384 These fossils do not differ more from the extant types. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People i. §2. 7 The only extant British account is that of the monk Gildas. †B. n. a. An extant copy (cf. extat n.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written text > [noun] > transcript or copy > existing copy extant1592 1592 tr. Julius on Rev. xi. 7 There is an extant of that matter written by the same Boniface. b. plural. Remains. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > that which is left or remainder > [noun] > remains reliquiesOE rest?a1475 offals1538 reliquiae1582 relicts1598 afterlings1613 stoundings1650 extantsa1658 a1658 J. Cleveland Poor Cavalier in Wks. (1687) 328 Now Peace be with thy Dust..For the next motion to a Calm..Will thy poor Extants into peices tear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1540
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