apport
1 of 2noun
ap·port
əˈpō(ə)rt,
aˈ-,
-ȯ(ə)rt
plural -s
1
obsolete : bearing, port
2
[French, literally, action of bringing, thing brought, from apporter to bring, from Latin apportare] : motion or production of an object by a spiritualist medium without apparent physical agency
also : the object so produced
apport
2 of 2transitive verb
"
-ed/-ing/-s
: to produce (a material object) at a spiritualist séance without any apparent physical means
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English aport, apport, alteration (influenced by Middle English aport, apport offering, contribution, from Middle French aport, from Old French, from aporter to bring, from Latin apportare) of port
Transitive verb
probably from French apporter, literally, to bring, from Latin apportare, from ad- + portare to carry
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