OCCULTED

Verb

occulted

simple past tense and past participle of occult

Adjective

occulted (comparative more occulted, superlative most occulted)

Hidden; secret.

(astronomy) Concealed, as by a body coming between.

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Source: Wiktionary

Oc*cult"ed, a.

1. Hidden; secret. [Obs.] Shak.

2. (Astron.)

Definition: Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.

OCCULT

Oc*cult", a. Etym: [L. occultus, p.p. of occulere to cover up, hide; ob (see Ob-) + a root prob.akin to E. hell: cf. F. occulte.]

Definition: Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown. It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation. I. Taylor. Occult line (Geom.), a line drawn as a part of the construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan.

– Occult qualities, those qualities whose effects only were observed, but the nature and relations of whose productive agencies were undetermined; -- so called by the schoolmen.

– Occult sciences, those sciences of the Middle Ages which related to the supposed action or influence of occult qualities, or supernatural powers, as alchemy, magic, necromancy, and astrology.

Oc*cult", v. t.

Definition: To eclipse; to hide from sight.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition