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How to pronounce occult in English?

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Synonyms supernatural
Type of causal agency, causal agent, cause
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Synonyms mysterious, mystic, mystical, orphic, secret


occult lore.
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Synonyms eclipse
Type of overshadow


Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies.
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Synonyms occult arts
Type of practice, pattern


he is a student of the occult.
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Type of change


The beam of light occults every so often.
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an occult fracture.
occult blood in the stool.
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Type of hold in, conceal, hold back


The lids were occulting her eyes.

Examples of occult

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Members of Tokko are shrouded in occult rumors, conspiracy theories and mystery.
From the squeefinity.com
The winning word means clairvoyance, or having supernatural or occult knowledge.
From the stltoday.com
All three are crowded with figures, and all seem to bristle with occult meanings.
From the guardian.co.uk
The site of the famous witch trials of 1692, Salem is obsessed with the occult.
From the travel.nytimes.com
When I wasn't a Christian, I would have been much more susceptible to the occult.
From the evangelicaloutpost.com
However in V for Vendetta Anarchy is a far more important idea than the occult.
From the guardian.co.uk
In Italy in 1600, Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake for his occult studies.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Renaissance magic took a revived interest in the occult, including necromancy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He was responsible for bringing acclaimed occult author Dennis Wheatley to Hammer.
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  • Supernatural: supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"
  • 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"
  • Hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"
  • Become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often"
  • Mysterious: 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"
  • Supernatural practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult"
  • The word occult comes from the Latin word occultus (clandestine, hidden, secret), referring to "knowledge of the hidden". In the medical sense it is used to refer to a structure or process that is hidden, e.g. ...
  • An occultation is an event that occurs when one object is hidden by another object that passes between it and the observer. ...
  • Supernatural affairs; To cover or hide from view; To dissimulate, conceal, or obfuscate; Secret; hidden from general knowledge; undetected; Related to the occult; pertaining to mysticism, magic, or astrology; Esoteric