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Examples:by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel—only remaining of the great (idiom); one of the few greats extant—by ext. the relations between parts in a speech, composition etc—extant work of a calligrapher—by ext., the earthly branches—a compendium of documents in various styles, making up the oldest extant texts of Chinese history, from legendary times down the times of Confucius—by ext. join one's ancestors (i.e. to die)—"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts—extant fragment (of book)—by ext., lead a wandering life— |