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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.
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  • D Jeffrey Meldrum in International Herald Tribune
    It used to be you went to a bookstore and asked for a book on Bigfoot and you'd be directed to the occult section, right between the Bermuda Triangle and UFOs,Meldrum said. "Now you can find some in the natural science section."
  • Paolo Sorrentino in Reuters
    Italy is different from other countries because of the occult side of power,Sorrentino told a news conference after the film's screening.
  • Carol Greider in Newswise (press release)
    These offspring have what we have called 'occult' genetic disease -- their genetic make-up is perfectly normal, but they still have the physical problems of their parents,says Carol Greider, Ph.D., director and professor of molecular biology...

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