occult

Noun

• supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
• supernatural practices and techniques
  • "he is a student of the occult"
• Supernatural affairs.

Verb

Verb Forms: occulted, occulting, occults

• To hide or conceal; to block from view.
• cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
  • "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies"
• become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
  • "The beam of light occults every so often"
• hide from view
  • "The lids were occulting her eyes"
• To cover or hide from view.
• To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.

Adjective Satellite

• hidden and difficult to see
  • "an occult fracture"
  • "occult blood in the stool"
• having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
  • "occult lore"

Adj

• Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
• not visible, but chemically detectable.
• Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
• Esoteric.

Examples

• He tried to occult his high-scoring tiles, hoping his opponent wouldn’t notice.
• occult blood in the urine
• occult blood loss; occult cancer
• The Earth occults the Moon during a lunar eclipse.

Synonyms

eclipse, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult arts, orphic, secret, supernatural

Related Words

occultation, occultive

Anagrams of occult