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Adjective occult has 2 senses

occult - hidden and difficult to see; "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"
Antonyms: visible, seeable (indirect, via invisible)
mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret, orphic - 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"
Antonym: exoteric (indirect, via esoteric)

Noun occult has 2 senses

supernatural, occult - supernatural forces and events and beings collectively; "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"
--₁ is a kind of causal agent, cause, causal agency
--₁ has parts: Destiny, Fate
--₁ has members: spiritual being, supernatural being
occult, occult arts - occult practices and techniques; "he is a student of the occult"
--₂ is a kind of practice, pattern

Verb occult has 3 senses

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"
--₁ is one way to overshadow
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Something ----s something
occult - become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished; "The beam of light occults every so often"
--₂ is one way to change
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Something ----s
occult - hide from view; "The lids were occulting her eyes"
--₃ is one way to conceal, hold back, hold in
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something