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occult

/ occult /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
occult practices and techniques
"he is a student of the occult"
Type of:
practice pattern
verb Sense 2
hide from view
"The lids were occulting her eyes"
Type of:
conceal hold back hold in
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 3
become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
"The beam of light occults every so often"
Type of:
change
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
adjective satellite Sense 4
hidden and difficult to see
"an occult fracture"
"occult blood in the stool"
Similar:
invisible unseeable
noun Sense 5
supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
"She doesn''t believe in the supernatural"
Type of:
causal agent cause causal agency
verb Sense 6
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"
Type of:
overshadow
Derived:
eclipse occultation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
adjective satellite Sense 7
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"
Similar:
esoteric
Semantic Complexity
88%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
3
Total Relationships
15
Times Searched
3
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practice pattern conceal hold back hold in change invisible unseeable causal agent cause causal agency overshadow