different between extant vs extict
extant
English
Etymology
First attested in 1545, from Latin extans, present participle of ext?, from ex- (“out”) + st? (“stand”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /??kst?nt/, /?k?stænt/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?stænt/, /??kst?nt/
- Rhymes: -ænt, -?kst?nt
Adjective
extant (not comparable)
- Still in existence.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- Currently existing; not having disappeared.
- Still alive; not extinct.
- (obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.
- 1665, Robert Boyle, New Experiments and Observations upon Cold
- […] great Quantities of Ice, for whereas in small fragments or plates, the Ice, though it sink not to the bottom of the water, will of?tentimes sink so low in it, as scarce to leave any part evidently extant above the surface of the water, in vast quantities of Ice, that extancy is sometimes so conspicuous, that Navigators in their Voyages to Island, Greenland, and other frozen Regions, complain of meeting with lumps, or rather floating rocks of Ice, as high as their main Masts.
- 1665, Robert Boyle, New Experiments and Observations upon Cold
Synonyms
- (still in existence): existent, existing; see also Thesaurus:existent
- (still alive): alive and kicking, living, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
Antonyms
- (still alive): extinct
Derived terms
- then-extant
Translations
Latin
Verb
extant
- third-person plural present active indicative of ext?
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extict
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