Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To bring; carry; produce.
  • noun The introduction, professedly by occult or supernormal means, of flowers, musical instruments, etc.: used with reference to performances of spiritualistic mediums.

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  • noun parapsychology 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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Examples

  • I have looked "all over" for the core file and I have "apport" installed as I found mentioned in the Wiki.

    Jeremy Zawodny's linkblog 2008

  • Apport – the apport crash handling framework. bzrlib – bazaar source control system Python module.

    150 Python Snippets. 20 Topics. Nice! | jonobacon@home 2010

  • Bien que cet apport se publie en anglais, j'éspère que d'autres journalistes de IPS contribuent à ce blog, y inclus ceux qui écrivent en français et espagnol.

    Crossover Dreams: Migrants R Us 2009

  • En effet, je suis tomb�e sur un site tr�s int�ressant:"miamitelecom", qui propose des partenariats dans ce domaine, sans ou presque, apport financier initial.

    Kissing and Telco-ing sfmike 2006

  • Les 8h00 d'intervalle sont necessaire sinon j'ai un trop gros apport de magnesium et ca se solde ...

    pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2006

  • So to get back here, he 'II have to apport to somewhere he knows.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • There can't be that many places where he can apport back.

    Elvenborn Lackey, Mercedes 2002

  • I knew then that the wild conjecture I had been trying to dismiss was the simple truth: Zak had been the shaggy, bounding apport we had hunted in the hold.

    The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

  • He can ‘apport’ objects—that is, expell impossible things spontaneously from his mouth or other openings.

    The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

  • He can ‘apport’ objects—that is, expell impossible things spontaneously from his mouth or other openings.

    The Book of the SubGenius The SubGenius Foundation 1983

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  • I witnessed a Javanese mystic purport to apport. Still not sure what was going on.

    September 29, 2008

  • In The Urth of the New Sun (Gene Wolfe), apports are all kinds of beings who are somehow unintentionally caught in the giant sails of spaceships floating through time and space.

    And thx for purport. :-)

    September 29, 2008