Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - occult
Occult
occult
adj. & v. --adj. 1 involving the supernatural; mystical, magical. 2 kept secret; esoteric. 3 recondite, mysterious; beyond the range of ordinary knowledge. 4 Med. not obvious on inspection. --v.tr. Astron. (of a concealing body much greater in size than the concealed body) hide from view by passing in front; conceal by being in front. Phrases and idioms the occult occult phenomena generally. occulting light a lighthouse light that is cut off at regular intervals. Derivatives occultation n. occultism n. occultist n. occultly adv. occultness n. Etymology: L occulere occult- (as OB-, celare hide)
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I. transitive verb Etymology: Latin ~are, frequentative of occulere Date: 1500 to shut off from view or exposure ; cover, eclipse, ~er noun II. adjective see: ob- Date: 1533 not revealed ; secret, not easily apprehended or understood ; abstruse, mysterious, hidden from view ; concealed, of or relating to the ~, not manifest or detectable by clinical methods alone , ~ly adverb III. noun Date: 1923 matters regarded as involving the action or influence of supernatural or supernormal powers or some secret knowledge of them ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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