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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
EX'TANT, a. [L. exstans, extans, supra.] Standing out or above any surface; protruded.
Standing out or above any surface;
protruded.
That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray. A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. Bentley. Still existing; not destroyed or lost;
outstanding.
Writings that were extant at that time. Sir M. Hale. The extant portraits of this great man. I. Taylor. Publicly known; conspicuous.
[Obs.]
B. Jonson. | ||||||||