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third-person singular simple present occults, present participle occulting, simple past and past participle occulted
(transitive, astronomy) To cover or hide from view. examples
(transitive, rare) To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.
comparative more occult, superlative most occult
(medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected. quotations examples
This counter-influence is so much more conclusive […] because it is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation.
1860, Isaac Taylor, “Mind in Form”, in Ultimate Civilization, page 178
Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology. quotations examples
Be aware that occult knowledge can be used for good or evil purposes.
2017, Pao Chang, Word Magic: The Powers & Occult Definitions of Words
Esoteric. quotations examples
Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company
uncountable
(usually with "the") Supernatural affairs. examples