Definition of occult
occulter
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Examples of occult in a Sentence
occulted their house from prying eyes by planting large trees around it
the actor's private life had long been occulted by a contrived public persona
Origin and Etymology of occult
Latin occultare, frequentative of occulere
Definition of occult
1 : not revealed : secret deep subterranean occult jealousy — J. C. Powys
2 : not easily apprehended or understood : abstruse, mysterious occult matters like nuclear physics, radiation effects and the designing of rockets — Robert Bendiner
3 : hidden from view : concealed occult underground passages
4 : of or relating to the occult … the occult arts—astrology, palmistry, card reading … — Amy Fine Collins occult practices
5 : not manifest or detectable by clinical methods alone occult carcinoma; also : not present in macroscopic amounts occult blood in a stool
occultly
adverbExamples of occult in a Sentence
occult practices such as magic and fortune-telling
He began to believe he had occult powers.
Definition of occult
: matters regarded as involving the action or influence of supernatural or supernormal powers or some secret knowledge of them —used with the
First Known Use of occult
1888
Other Occult Terms
OCCULT Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of occult for English Language Learners
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: of or relating to supernatural powers or practices
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