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Apport
/əˈpɔːt/
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.
📖 Definitions of "Apport"
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
An object that appears from an unknown source.
verb
- 1
To cause an apport on an object, to make a thing appear from nowhere
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Apport"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| asportverb | To take and move to a certain other place, to carry away. |
| psychometrynoun | (psychology) The use of psychological tests to measure intelligence, abilities, attitudes, and personality traits. |
| apparitionnoun | An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; especially, one by a ghost, phantom, or suchlike; the entity itself. |
| physical | Pertaining to the world as understood through the senses rather than the mind; tangible, concrete; real. Having to do with the material world. |
| appersonationnoun | (psychology) The act or process of appersonating |
| poltergeistismnoun | The supposed manifestation of the presence of one or more poltergeists, especially as involving physical objects which move or fly about without warning. |
| poltergeistnoun | (parapsychology) An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about. |
| remote viewingnoun | (parapsychology) A paranormal ability by which a person can gather information about a distant unseen target. |
| controlnoun | (countable, uncountable) An influence or authority over something. |
| apophanynoun | Alternative form of apophenia. [(psychology) The perception of or belief in connectedness among unrelated phenomena.] |
| parapsychic | parapsychological |
| appearancenoun | The way something looks; personal presence |
| physical mediumshipnoun | (parapsychology) The ability to make the spirit world cause physical phenomena that can be observed by anyone present. |
| astral projectionnoun | (uncountable, parapsychology) The ability to deliberately detach one's mind, or a ghost-like replica of one's body (one's astral body), from one's physical body and to send it to distant places or into alternate realities or into people's dreams. |
| psychoscopynoun | psychometry (the paranormal ability) |
| psychicismnoun | Psychic ability. |
| telepathynoun | (parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation. |
| psychographnoun | One of various graphical representations of a cognitive or psychological profile. |
| teleplasmnoun | (parapsychology) ectoplasm |
| remote sensingnoun | (sciences) The capability to gain information about an object without coming in direct contact with it, for example via satellite imaging or thermal imaging. |
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