I. əˈpō(ə)rt, aˈ-, -ȯ(ə)rt noun
( -s )
Etymology: 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 — more at port
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
II. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: probably from French apporter, literally, to bring, from Latin apportare, from ad- + portare to carry — more at port
: to produce (a material object) at a spiritualist séance without any apparent physical means