Definition of occult

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Occult (a.) Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.

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Occultation :: Occultation (n.) Fig.: The state of being occult.
Cryptically :: Cryptically (adv.) Secretly; occultly.
Cabala :: Cabala (n.) A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain mediaeval Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumes that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means..
Occultation :: Occultation (n.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries..
Occulting :: Occulting (n.) Same as Occultation.
Occult :: Occult (v. t.) To eclipse; to hide from sight.
Cabalistical :: Cabalistical (a.) Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic.
Observation :: Observation (n.) Specifically, the act of measuring, with suitable instruments, some magnitude, as the time of an occultation, with a clock; the right ascension of a star, with a transit instrument and clock; the sun's altitude, or the distance of the moon from a star, with a sextant; the temperature, with a thermometer, etc..
Moly :: Moly (n.) A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe..
Apparition :: Apparition (n.) The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation.
Occultist :: Occultist (n.) An adherent of occultism.
Occulted :: Occulted (a.) Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon..
Diviner :: Diviner (n.) One who professes divination; one who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means..
Cipher :: Cipher (v. t.) To write in occult characters.
Cabal :: Cabal (n.) Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabal.
Occultness :: Occultness (n.) State or quality of being occult.
Occultly :: Occultly (adv.) In an occult manner.
Magical :: Magical (a.) Pertaining to the hidden wisdom supposed to be possessed by the Magi; relating to the occult powers of nature, and the producing of effects by their agency..
Occult :: Occult (a.) Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown.
Cryptical :: Cryptical (a.) Hidden; secret; occult.
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