Meaning of OCCULT
| Pronunciation: | | u'kult
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- [n] supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"
- [adj] 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"
- [adj] hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"
- [v] hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes"
- [v] become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often"
- [v] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | eclipse, esoteric, invisible, mysterious, mystic, mystical, orphic, secret, supernatural, unseeable |
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| | See Also: | | causal agency, causal agent, cause, change, conceal, Destiny, Fate, hold back, hold in, overshadow, spiritual being, supernatural being | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
\Oc*cult"\, v. t.
To eclipse; to hide from sight.
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| | Definition: | | disease or symptoms that are not readily detectable by physical examination or laboratory tests. |
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| | Definition: | | In medical terminology, this means "hidden." |
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