1. Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding
   "occult lore";
   - mysterious, mystic, mystical, secret, orphic
    
2. (medicine) detectable only by testing, not by visible symptoms
   "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"

1. Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
   "She doesn't believe in the occult";
   - supernatural
    
2. Supernatural practices and techniques
   "he is a student of the occult";
   - occult arts

1. Hide from view
   "The lids were occulting her eyes"
    
2. Become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
   "The beam of light occults every so often"
    
3. Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention
   "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies";
   - eclipse

Derived forms: occulted, occulting, occults

See also: esoteric, invisible, unseeable

Type of: causal agency, causal agent, cause, change, conceal, disguise, hold back, hold in, overshadow, pattern, practice

Encyclopedia: Occult