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English Dictionary: occult by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
occult
adj
  1. hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"
  2. 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"
    Synonym(s): mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic
n
  1. supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"
    Synonym(s): supernatural, occult
  2. supernatural practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult"
    Synonym(s): occult, occult arts
v
  1. 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"
    Synonym(s): eclipse, occult
  2. become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often"
  3. hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Occult \Oc*cult"\, a. [L. occultus, p. p. of occulere to cover
      up, hide; ob (see {Ob-}) + a root prob.akin to E. hell: cf.
      F. occulte.]
      Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret;
      concealed; unknown.
  
               It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its
               advances as to escape observation.         --I. Taylor.
  
      {Occult line} (Geom.), a line drawn as a part of the
            construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in
            the finished plan.
  
      {Occult qualities}, those qualities whose effects only were
            observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive
            agencies were undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen.
           
  
      {Occult sciences}, those sciences of the Middle Ages which
            related to the supposed action or influence of occult
            qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic,
            necromancy, and astrology.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Occult \Oc*cult"\, v. t.
      To eclipse; to hide from sight.
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