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- noun Plural form of
apport .
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Examples
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Yesterday it was "apports" -- flowers that fell down from nowhere and hit you on the nose.
The Return of Peter Grimm David Belasco 1892
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Then we come upon the working of miracles, which we should call the production of phenomena, and which would cover many different types, such as apports, where objects are brought from a distance, levitation of objects or of the human frame into the air, the production of lights and other wonders.
The Vital Message 1919
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Then we come upon the working of miracles, which we should call the production of phenomena, and which would cover many different types, such as apports, where objects are brought from a distance, levitation of objects or of the human frame into the air, the production of lights and other wonders.
The Vital Message Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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+ "apports" i.e., apparitions of visible agency to convey them;
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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For years she had been dogged by rumors that Crandon had surgically altered her vaginal opening to allow for the production of bigger apports in the séance room.
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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For years she had been dogged by rumors that Crandon had surgically altered her vaginal opening to allow for the production of bigger apports in the séance room.
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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We hear of levitation, telepathy, apports, teleportation, strange light and heat phenomena, and materialization effects.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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We hear of levitation, telepathy, apports, teleportation, strange light and heat phenomena, and materialization effects.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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We hear of levitation, telepathy, apports, teleportation, strange light and heat phenomena, and materialization effects.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Through the ceiling came apports of fresh flowers with the dew on them, or roots with the soil still clinging; great dinner-tables rose from the floor; lights flitted; apparitions appeared, spoke to you, took you by the hand.
The Way Home 2003
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