Obs.–0 [f. Gr. ἀ priv. + πόριμ-ον easy to be passed, accessible.] (See quot.)
1706. Phillips, Apore or Aporime (in Mathem.), a Problem, which tho’ it be not impossible yet is very difficult … The Squaring of a Circle may be called an Apore.
1775. in Ash.
