Meanings
plural apports
- countableuncountableparapsychologyThe supposed paranormal transference of an object from one place to another, or the appearance of an object from an unknown source, often associated with poltergeist activity and séances.
She put her hand down and felt it. "It's a flower - a chrysanthemum. Thank you, Wee One!" "An apport?" asked Mailey. "No, no, Mr. Mailey," said Bolsover. "They were in the vase on the harmonium. Speak to her, Miss Challenger. Keep the vibrations going."
1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Which Describes Some Strange Doings in Hammersmith”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019 - countableuncountableparapsychologyAn object that appears from an unknown source.
present singular third person apports · participle present apporting · participle past apported · past apported
- parapsychologyTo cause an apport on an object, to make a thing appear from nowhere.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
- Proto-Italic*ad
- Proto-Italic*ad-
- Latinad-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
- Proto-Italic*portā
- Proto-Italic*portāō
- Latinportō
- Latinapportō
- Englishapport
From Latin apportō (“to bring, to carry”).
More words from Latin
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Finnish apportti
- apporttian object that appears from an unknown source
Polish aport, aportować
- aportan object that appears from an unknown source
- aportowaćTranslations
- zaaportowaćTranslations
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with apport
Cite this entry
apport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apport
“apport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apport. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apport,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apport.
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