occulted; occulting; occults
occulter
noun
1
: not revealed : secret
deep subterranean occult jealousy—
J. C. Powys
J. C. Powys2
: not easily apprehended or understood : abstruse, mysterious
occult matters like nuclear physics, radiation effects and the designing of rockets—Robert Bendiner
Robert Bendiner3
: hidden from view : concealed
occult underground passages
4
: of or relating to the occult
… the occult arts—astrology, palmistry, card reading …—Amy Fine Collins
Amy Fine Collinsoccult practices
5
: not manifest or detectable by clinical methods alone
occult carcinoma
also
: not present in macroscopic amounts
occult blood in a stool
occultly
adverb
: matters regarded as involving the action or influence of supernatural or supernormal powers or some secret knowledge of them
—used with the
Synonyms
Examples of occult in a Sentence
Verb
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
Adjective
occult practices such as magic and fortune-telling
He began to believe he had occult powers.
Recent Examples on the WebMichael Zeiler, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
Among them were Norman Lockyer and Jules Janssen, who together studied the spectra of solar prominences that were suddenly visible around the moon’s occulting silhouette.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2024
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Verb
The values given are eclipse obscurations, the fraction of the Sun’s disk occulted by the Moon.
—Michael Zeiler, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2024
Among them were Norman Lockyer and Jules Janssen, who together studied the spectra of solar prominences that were suddenly visible around the moon’s occulting silhouette.
—Paul M. Sutter, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2024
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“Occult.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/occult. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
Copy CitationKids Definition
1
: beyond understanding : mysterious
2
: of or relating to supernatural forces
Medical Definition
: not manifest or detectable by clinical methods alone
occult carcinoma
also
: not present in macroscopic amounts
occult blood in a stool specimen
fecal occult blood testing
compare gross sense 1b
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