Occult

//əˈkʌlt// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.

    "occult blood loss; occult cancer"

  2. 2
    not visible, but chemically detectable.

    "occult blood in the urine"

  3. 3
    Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.

    "The concoctions contrived by Italians were particularly in clamant demand, while the occult sciences of astrology and alchemy lent their support[.]"

  4. 4
    Esoteric.

    "Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding wordnet
  2. 2
    hidden and difficult to see wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    Supernatural affairs. uncountable, usually, with-definite-article

    "Due to my strong personal convictions / I wish to stress / That this record / In no way endorses / A belief in the occult"

  2. 2
    supernatural practices and techniques wordnet
  3. 3
    supernatural forces and events and beings collectively wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To cover or hide from view. transitive

    "The Earth occults the Moon during a lunar eclipse."

  2. 2
    hide from view wordnet
  3. 3
    To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate. rare, transitive

    "[…]to do so would occult rather than illuminate the utterly unexpected and surprising character of his coming and of his reign."

  4. 4
    become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished wordnet
  5. 5
    cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin occultus (“hidden, secret”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin occultus (“hidden, secret”).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Latin occultus (“hidden, secret”).

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