occult

1. (verb) hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes"
Related Words: conceal, hold back, hold in

2. (verb) become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often"
Related Words: change

3. (verb) 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"
Synonyms: eclipse
Related Words: overshadow

4. (noun) supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"
Synonyms: supernatural
Related Words: causal agency, causal agent, cause

5. (satellite adjective) 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"
Synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, secret



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