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| 1. | [ verb ] hide from view | |
| Examples: | "The lids were occulting her eyes" |
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| Related terms: | conceal | |
| 2. | [ verb ] become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished | |
| Examples: | "The beam of light occults every so often" |
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| Related terms: | change | |
| 3. | [ verb ] cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention | |
| Synonyms: | eclipse | |
| Examples: | "The Sun eclipses the moon today" "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies" |
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| Related terms: | overshadow eclipse | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding | |
| Synonyms: | mysterious mystic secret orphic mystical | |
| Examples: | "mysterious symbols" "the mystical style of Blake" "occult lore" "the secret learning of the ancients" |
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| Related terms: | esoteric | |
| 5. | [ adjective ] hidden and difficult to see | |
| Examples: | "an occult fracture" "occult blood in the stool" |
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| Related terms: | invisible | |
| 6. | [ noun ] occult practices and techniques | |
| Synonyms: | occult_arts | |
| Examples: | "he is a student of the occult" |
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| Related terms: | practice | |
| 7. | [ noun ] supernatural forces and events and beings collectively | |
| Synonyms: | supernatural | |
| Examples: | "She doesn't believe in the supernatural" |
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| Related terms: | causal_agent spiritual_being Destiny | |
| Similar spelling: |
occultist occultism Ocheltree |
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