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say it: uh-KUHLT
occult is a verb, noun and adjective meaning "cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention". It is pronounced /əˈkʌlt/ — uh-KUHLT. It carries 7 recorded senses.
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”
become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished
“The beam of light occults every so often”
hide from view
“The lids were occulting her eyes”
supernatural forces and events and beings collectively
“She doesn't believe in the supernatural”
supernatural practices and techniques
“he is a student of the occult”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for occult come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.