n.
/
ɒˈkʌlt,
ˈɒkʌlt/
(
the occult)
supernatural or magical powers, practices, or phenomena.
adj.
/
ɒˈkʌlt,
ˈɒkʌlt/
- involving or relating to the occult.
- esoteric.
- Medicine (of a disease or process) not accompanied by readily discernible signs or symptoms.
▸(of blood) abnormally present, but detectable only chemically or microscopically.
v.
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ɒˈkʌlt/
- cut off from view by interposing something.
- Astronomy (of a celestial body) conceal (an apparently smaller body) from view by passing or being in front of it.
Derivative
- occultation n.
- occultism n.
- occultist n.
- occultly adv.
- occultness n.
Etymology
C15 (earlier (ME) as occultation): from L. occultare ‘secrete’, frequentative of occult-, occulere ‘conceal’.
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