occult
adjective
of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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In another moment the higher of the villas that had clambered up the hill from Burdock had occulted the running figure.
From The Invisible Man by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells