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occult English

Meaning occult meaning

What does occult mean?
Definitions in simple English

occult Adjective

— # If something is occult it is part of the universe most people do not see. An occult thing is something that is strange or weird, and might be called magic. — #: I've seen many occult happenings, including ghosts and witchcraft. — # About an unusual belief held by mysterious groups outside of the normal belief system. This is often a belief that involves magic or spirits. Many occult groups keep their beliefs secret, but not all do. — #: Her occult activities included witchcraft, voodoo, and hoodoo. — #: The Order of the Golden Dawn was a famous British occult group. — # An occult problem is one that you cannot see without special tools (like x-rays) — #: The baby had an occult cleft palate.

occult Verb

— If you occult something, you cover it. The Earth occults the Moon when a lunar eclipse happens.

occult Noun

— The occult is anything to do with things that are not normal; supernatural or paranormal.

occult

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

Synonyms occult synonyms

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occult English » English

secret mysterious mystic mystical supernatural uncanny concealed unusual strange occult arts eclipse covert witchcraft undercover surreptitious sorcery sneaking privy orphic occultism mysticism mystery magical magic hide hidden esoteric eerie cover conceal charms bewitch abstruse winkle wink whiteout white out veil unscented unlisted unearthly undiscovered undisclosed under-the-table under-the-counter under wraps unconfessed unavowed twinkle transcendental

Topics occult topics

What do people use occult to talk about?
Social behavior Religion Miracle, supernatural power

Sorcery

Conjugation occult conjugation

How do you conjugate occult?

occult · verb

Examples occult examples

How do I use occult in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Tom has studied the occult sciences.
I couldn't tell what kind of person this girl I met on the internet was from her profile, but something about her still piqued my curiosity, as though I had met her in a previous life, or something occult-ish like that, anyways.

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Authority on the Egyptian occult.
Why? He'd probably attach some occult significance to my lack of mirrors.
Occult?
What do they know of these occult matters?
All these years you must have wondered why your father chose to study the occult and the supernatural.
An authority in the field of the occult sciences.
A little on the occult side isn't that, henry? Maybe so, mr.
Come into the occult chamber.
He studied the occult!
He believed himself to be an expert in the occult.
In order to become a follower of the so-called Left Hand Path, one has to be rebaptised in the cause and take the name of some past notable of the occult.
It's vital that I should go to the British Museum and examine certain occult volumes that are kept under constant lock and key.
He knows a lot about magic and occult sciences.
I must confess, I've always been interested in the occult.
A specialist in occult science.
Believe in the occult?
Occult science will end up making that Mazeau crazy.
As you know, I dabble a bit in the Occult.
You know, her prime passion is dabbling in the occult.
He's addressing a meeting of the Royal Canadian Occult Society at a Quebec hotel.
Gentlemen, as you know the greatest obstacle in proving the authenticity of the occult lies in finding facts.
Mr. Potts as a student of the occult supposing you give me your theory of this murder.
He's very much interested in the occult, especially astrology. Only in a very amateurish way.
This one is for civil war buffs and the students of the occult.
A little on the occult side isn't that, henry?
And now thanks to my mastery of the occult art of conjuration, I will now reunite these 2 halves.
The occult?
Our occult friend.
I seem to remember he was fooling around with the occult.
This book from the 16th century deals with occult sciences.
My uncle was an expert in occult sciences and he told us about Eloim, the sorcerous creator of the Panther sect who was killed by Hector Pietrasanta, an ancestor of ours, using the sword of the druids.
Well, that means the occult.
Beltane - greatest occult festival of the year, bar Halloween.
Oh yes, an occult ceremony to call up the devil.
The pick of the finest collection of occult material in the country, though why you wanted me to bring it, I don't know.
The domination of commodity. was at first exercised in an occult fashion over the economy, that itself, as the material base of social life, remained unrecognized and misunderstood, like the familiar which remains nonetheless unknown.

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Similarly, the terms astronomical science and hypnotic science mostly died out as the twentieth century progressed, perhaps because belief in the occult waned in respectable society.

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