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OCCULT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Supernatural practices and techniques
Example:
he is a student of the occult
Synonyms:
occult; occult arts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("occult" is a kind of...):
pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)
Derivation:
occult (having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
Example:
She doesn't believe in the supernatural
Synonyms:
occult; supernatural
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("occult" is a kind of...):
causal agency; causal agent; cause (any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results)
Meronyms (parts of "occult"):
theurgy (the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs)
destiny; fate (the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman))
Meronyms (members of "occult"):
spiritual being; supernatural being (an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events)
Derivation:
occult (having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
Example:
the secret learning of the ancients
Synonyms:
mysterious; mystic; mystical; occult; orphic; secret
Classified under:
Similar:
esoteric (confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle)
Derivation:
occult (supernatural practices and techniques)
occult (supernatural forces and events and beings collectively)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hidden and difficult to see
Example:
occult blood in the stool
Classified under:
Similar:
invisible; unseeable (impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye)
III. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they occult ... he / she / it occults
Past simple: occulted
Past participle: occulted
-ing form: occulting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hide from view
Example:
The lids were occulting her eyes
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "occult" is one way to...):
conceal; hold back; hold in (hold back; keep from being perceived by others)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
Example:
The beam of light occults every so often
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "occult" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
Example:
Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies
Synonyms:
eclipse; occult
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "occult" is one way to...):
overshadow (cast a shadow upon)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
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