occult
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- n supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
- n supernatural practices and techniques
he is a student of the occult - v cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies - v become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
The beam of light occults every so often - v hide from view
The lids were occulting her eyes - s hidden and difficult to see
an occult fracture
occult blood in the stool - s having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
occult lore
- Boosters of the occult arts have won a relaxation of the town's strict limits on fortune tellers.
- Another Besant belief: California is highly electrical, hence occult manifestations are frequent.
- Ever since they fell into goose-step behind Adolf Hitler millions of Germans have been waiting for what Der Fhrer calls "the occult forces of World Jewry" to be exposed in.