VERB | perception | occult, eclipse | cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention |
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perception | occult | become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished | |
perception | occult | hide from view | |
NOUN | person | occult, supernatural | supernatural forces and events and beings collectively |
act | occult, occult arts | supernatural practices and techniques | |
ADJECTIVE | all | occult | hidden / hidden and difficult to see |
all | occult, mysterious, mystic, mystical, secret, orphic | having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence |
Sounds | ahkah'lt | |
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Rhymes | adult ... tumult: 10 rhymes with ahlt... |
Meaning | hidden / hidden and difficult to see. | |
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Broader | invisible, unseeable | impossible or nearly impossible to see |
Catalan | ocult |
Meaning | Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding. | |
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Example | "occult lore" | |
Synonyms | mysterious, mystic, mystical, secret, orphic | |
Broader | esoteric | Confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle |
Spanish | misterioso, místico | |
Catalan | misteriós | |
Nouns | occult | supernatural practices and techniques |
occult | supernatural forces and events and beings collectively |
Meaning | supernatural forces and events and beings collectively. | |
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Synonym | supernatural | |
Members | spiritual being, supernatural being | An incorporeal being believed to have powers to affect the course of human events |
Parts | destiny, fate | The ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman) |
theurgy | The effect of supernatural or divine intervention in human affairs | |
Broader | causal agent, cause, causal agency | Any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results |
Spanish | ocultismo, oculto, sobrenatural | |
Catalan | ocultisme, sobrenatural | |
Adjectives | occult | having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence |
Meaning | Supernatural practices and techniques. | |
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Example | "he is a student of the occult" | |
Synonym | occult arts | |
Broader | practice, pattern | A customary way / way of operation or behavior |
Adjectives | occult | having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence |
Meaning | Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies" | |
Synonym | eclipse | |
Broader | overshadow | cast a shadow upon |
Spanish | eclipsar |
Meaning | Become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The beam of light occults every so often" | |
Broader | change | Undergo a change |
Meaning | hide from view. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Example | "The lids were occulting her eyes" | |
Broader | conceal, hold back, hold in | hold back |
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