occult

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I know of no occultist or pagan that actively recruits in the way like Christians and Moslems do.

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Quick take

supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of occult gathered in one view.

noun

supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"

noun

supernatural practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult"

verb

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"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for occult.

noun

supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"

noun

supernatural practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult"

verb

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"

verb

become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often"

verb

hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes"

adjective

hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"

adjective

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"

See also: mysterious, mystic, mystical, secret, orphic

Example sentences

I know of no occultist or pagan that actively recruits in the way like Christians and Moslems do.

I think Parsons is more renowned in occult circles than in scientific circles.

And you have no way of knowing that before you get destroyed in the next dungeon because "hey, occult weapons are useless!

Wait, the traditional argument is that its so poorly regulated and occult it cannot succeed.

Zombie movies have also started with re-entering spacecraft and teenage experimentation with the occult.

Galileo's one person who explored the weirdnesses it entails; and Newton couldn't really accept gravity's occult non-mechanical properties that the evidence pointed at.