apporter

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English

Etymology

From Latin apportō (I carry in) +‎ -er.

Noun

apporter (plural apporters)

  1. (obsolete) A bringer in; an importer.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for apporter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams


French

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin apportāre, present active infinitive of apportō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.pɔʁ.te/
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Verb

apporter

  1. to bring (something)
  2. to take
  3. to give (support), to give, supply (explanation etc.)
  4. to bring (improvement, freedom etc.)
  5. to bring in (funding)
  6. to bring about (change, revolution)

Conjugation

Antonyms

Descendants

  • German: apportieren

Further reading

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) apporter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of apportō

Norman

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin apportāre, present active infinitive of apportō (I bring, carry, conduct or convey to), from ad + portō (I carry, bear).

Verb

apporter

  1. (Jersey) to bring

Antonyms