occult
adjective
of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
occulted
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past participleof occult.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof occult.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
occultadjectiveof or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
Example Sentences
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The movie’s details and themes remain theoretical, a blurred thesis about crime and punishment, about incarceration and isolation, about the occulted oppressions and subjections on which society depends.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 10, 2019
Stern and his colleagues chased 2014 MU69 on land and through the air last summer as it occulted, or passed in front of, three background stars.
From Scientific American ● Dec. 28, 2017
Extended Data Fig. 2The occulted star spectrum and model.
From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014
Astronomers discovered the atmosphere in 1988, when Pluto occulted another star.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 30, 2013
And though the solution to this mystery was, to my young mind, occulted, yet did 1 know where it lay: behind the forbidden door.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
