I. ə-ˈkəlt, ä- transitive verb
Etymology: Latin occultare, frequentative of occulere
Date: 1500
: to shut off from view or exposure : cover , eclipse
• oc·cult·er noun
II. ə-ˈkəlt, ä-; ˈä-ˌkəlt adjective
Etymology: Latin occultus, from past participle of occulere to cover up, from ob- in the way + -culere (akin to celare to conceal) — more at ob- , hell
Date: 1533
1. : not revealed : secret
2. : not easily apprehended or understood : abstruse , mysterious
3. : hidden from view : concealed
4. : of or relating to the occult
5. : not manifest or detectable by clinical methods alone
occult carcinoma
also : not present in macroscopic amounts
occult blood in a stool
• oc·cult·ly adverb
III. same as 2 noun
Date: 1923
: matters regarded as involving the action or influence of supernatural or supernormal powers or some secret knowledge of them — used with the