| occult | | |
| n. (person) | 1. occult, supernatural | supernatural forces and events and beings collectively.; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural" |
| ~ causal agency, causal agent, cause | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results. |
| ~ spiritual being, supernatural being | an incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events. |
| ~ theurgy | the effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs. |
| ~ destiny, fate | the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman).; "we are helpless in the face of destiny" |
| n. (act) | 2. occult, occult arts | supernatural practices and techniques.; "he is a student of the occult" |
| ~ practice, pattern | a customary way of operation or behavior.; "it is their practice to give annual raises"; "they changed their dietary pattern" |
| v. (perception) | 3. eclipse, occult | 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" |
| ~ overshadow | cast a shadow upon.; "The tall tree overshadowed the house" |
| v. (perception) | 4. occult | become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished.; "The beam of light occults every so often" |
| ~ change | undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature.; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night" |
| v. (perception) | 5. occult | hide from view.; "The lids were occulting her eyes" |
| ~ conceal, hold in, hold back | hold back; keep from being perceived by others.; "She conceals her anger well" |
| adj. | 6. occult | hidden and difficult to see.; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool" |
| ~ invisible, unseeable | impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye.; "the invisible man"; "invisible rays"; "an invisible hinge"; "invisible mending" |
| adj. | 7. mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, orphic, 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" |
| ~ esoteric | confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle.; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories" |
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