apport

/ (əˈpɔːt) /

noun

  1. the production of objects by apparently supernatural means at a spiritualists' seance
  2. the objects produced
obsolete bearing; demeanour
(plural) obsolete things brought as offerings; revenues

Word Origin for apport

C15: from Old French aport, from aporter (vb), from Latin ad- + portāre to carry

Words nearby apport

appointment television, appointment viewing, appointor, appomattox, appomattox court house, apport, apportion, apportionment, apposable, appose, apposite

Example sentences from the Web for apport

  • If it was, indeed, an apport, it is surely one of the most remarkable for distance and for purpose recorded of any private circle.

    The Wanderings of a Spiritualist |Arthur Conan Doyle

  • The Hindoo control then announced that an apport would be brought, and asked that water be placed in a tin basin.

    The Wanderings of a Spiritualist |Arthur Conan Doyle