Occult

[ɒ'kʌlt;'ɒkʌlt] or [ə'kʌlt]

Definition

(noun.) supernatural practices and techniques; 'he is a student of the occult'.

(verb.) hide from view; 'The lids were occulting her eyes'.

(verb.) become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; 'The beam of light occults every so often'.

(adj.) hidden and difficult to see; 'an occult fracture'; 'occult blood in the stool' .

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Definition

(a.) Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

(v. t.) To eclipse; to hide from sight.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Hidden, secret, unrevealed, unknown, undiscovered, mysterious, mystic, mystical, recondite, cabalistic, latent, abstruse, veiled, shrouded, under a cover, under a cloud.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Latent, hidden, unrevealed, mysterious, secret, dark, unknown

ANT:Developed, plain, patent_clear, familiar, exposed, open

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Definition

adj. covered over: escaping observation: hidden: not discovered without test or experiment: secret unknown transcending the bounds of natural knowledge.—n. Occultā′tion a concealing esp. of one of the heavenly bodies by another: state of being hid.—adj. Occult′ed (Shak.) hidden secret: (astron.) concealed as by a body coming between.—ns. Occult′ism the doctrine or study of things hidden or mysterious—theosophy &c.; Occult′ist one who believes in occult things.—adv. Occult′ly.—n. Occult′ness.—Occult sciences alchemy astrology magic &c.

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