occult(noun) occult practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult"
(noun) supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"
(verb) hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes"
(verb) become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often"
(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"
(adjective satellite) 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"
(adjective satellite) hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"
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