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Webster 1913 Edition
Occult
Oc-cult′
,Adj.
[L.
occultus
, p. p. of occulere
to cover up, hide; ob
(see Ob-
) + a root prob. akin to E. hell
: cf. F. occulte
.] Hidden from the eye or the understanding; invisible; secret; concealed; unknown.
It is of an
occult
kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation. I. Taylor.
Occult line
(Geom.)
, a line drawn as a part of the construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan.
– Occult qualities
, those qualities whose effects only were observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive agencies were undetermined; – so called by the schoolmen.
– Occult sciences
, those sciences of the Middle Ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology.
Oc-cult′
,Verb.
T.
To eclipse; to hide from sight.
Webster 1828 Edition
Occult
OCCULT'
,Adj.
Hidden from the eye or understanding; invisible; secret; unknown; undiscovered; undetected; as the occult qualities of matter.
The occult sciences are magic, necromancy, &c.
Occult lines, in geometry, are such as are drawn with the compasses or a pencil, and are scarcely visible.
Definition 2024
occult
occult
English
Verb
occult (third-person singular simple present occults, present participle occulting, simple past and past participle occulted)
- (transitive, astronomy) To cover or hide from view.
- The earth occults the moon during a lunar eclipse.
- (transitive, rare) To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate.
Translations
to cover
Adjective
occult (comparative more occult, superlative most occult)
- (medicine) Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected.
- occult blood loss; occult cancer
- Isaac Taylor (1787–1865)
- It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation.
- Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology.
- Esoteric.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
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Derived terms
Translations
esoteric
Noun
occult (uncountable)
- (usually with "the") Supernatural affairs.
Translations
supernatural affairs
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