/ek"steuhnt, ik stant"/ , adj.
1. in existence; still existing; not destroyed or lost: There are only three extant copies of the document.
2. Archaic. standing out; protruding.
[ 1535-45; ex ( s ) tant- (s. of ex ( s ) tans ) standing out, prp. of exstare, equiv. to ex- EX- 1 + stare to STAND ]