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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[L.

extantia

exstantia

The state of rising above others; a projection.

Evelyn.

Boyle.

Noun.

[L. exstans, extans, standing out, from exsto; ex and sto, to stand.]

The state of rising above others.

Parts rising above the rest; opposed to depression. [Little used.]

extancy ‎(plural extancies)

(obsolete) The state of rising above others; a projection.

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extancy ‎(uncountable)