n. See Ecstasy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. extantia, exstantia, a standing out, fr. exstans, p. pr. See Extant. ] Outward existence. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. extantia, exstantia. ] The state of rising above others; a projection. Evelyn. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. ]
That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]
A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]
Writings that were extant at that time. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
The extant portraits of this great man. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. & v. t. See Ecstasy, n. & v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Ecstatic, a. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. extemporalis, from ex tempore. ] Extemporaneous; unpremeditated. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson.
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a. Extemporaneous. [ Obs ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Extempore. ] Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; ad-lib; extempore; extemporary;
adv. Extemporaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]