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occult

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. supernatural forces and events and beings collectively

    noun.person

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. supernatural practices and techniques

    noun.act

    Examples
    He is a student of the occult.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

adjective satellite

  1. hidden and difficult to see

    adj.all

    Examples
    An occult fracture.
    Occult blood in the stool.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding

    adj.all

    Examples
    Occult lore.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

verb

  1. cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention

    verb.perception

    Examples
    Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished

    verb.perception

    Examples
    The beam of light occults every so often.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  3. hide from view

    verb.perception

    Examples
    The lids were occulting her eyes.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  4. To eclipse; to hide from sight.

    verb

    Source: webster1913

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