Main entry: occult, occult arts
Definition: supernatural practices and techniques
Usage: he is a student of the occult
Main entry: occult, supernatural
Definition: supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
Usage: She doesn't believe in the supernatural
Main entry: occult
Definition: hide from view
Usage: The lids were occulting her eyes
Main entry: occult
Definition: become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
Usage: The beam of light occults every so often
Definition: cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
Usage: The Sun eclipses the moon today; Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies
Main entry: secret, occult, orphic, mysterious, mystic, mystical
Definition: having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
Usage: mysterious symbols; the mystical style of Blake; occult lore; the secret learning of the ancients
Main entry: occult
Definition: hidden and difficult to see
Usage: an occult fracture; occult blood in the stool