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Occult

Occult Meaning & Definition
Occult Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Occult?

[n] supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"
[adj] having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
[adj] hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"
[v] hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes"
[v] become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often"
[v] cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention; "The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Occult: eclipse | esoteric | invisible | mysterious | mystic | mystical | orphic | secret | supernatural | unseeable

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See Also | causal agency | causal agent | cause | change | conceal | Destiny | Fate | hold back | hold in | overshadow | spiritual being | supernatural being

Occult In Webster's Dictionary

\Oc*cult"\, a. [L. occultus, p. p. of occulere to cover up, hide; ob (see {Ob-}) + a root prob.akin to E. hell: cf. F. occulte.] Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown. It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation. --I. Taylor. {Occult line} (Geom.), a line drawn as a part of the construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan. {Occult qualities}, those qualities whose effects only were observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive agencies were undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen. {Occult sciences}, those sciences of the Middle Ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology.
\Oc*cult"\, v. t. To eclipse; to hide from sight.

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