apport

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UK/əˈpɔːt/US/əˈpɔɹt/

noun

The 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.

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Meanings

nounapport (countable and uncountable, plural apports)

plural apports

  1. 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
  2. countableuncountableparapsychologyAn object that appears from an unknown source.
verbapport (third-person singular simple present apports, present participle apporting, simple past and past participle apported)

present singular third person apports · participle present apporting · participle past apported · past apported

  1. parapsychologyTo cause an apport on an object, to make a thing appear from nowhere.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
  7. Proto-Italic*portā
  8. Proto-Italic*portāō
  9. Latinportō
  10. Latinapportō
  11. Englishapport

From Latin apportō (“to bring, to carry”).

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Translations

Finnish apportti
  • apporttian object that appears from an unknown source
Polish aport, aportować
  • aportan object that appears from an unknown source
  • aportowaćTranslations
  • zaaportowaćTranslations

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Cite this entry
APA

apport. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apport

MLA

“apport.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apport. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apport,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apport.

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