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Synonyms for occulted
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : uh-kuhlt, ok-uhlt |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈkʌlt, ˈɒk ʌlt |
Top 10 synonyms for occulted Other synonyms for the word occulted
- adumbrate
- blot out
- cache
- camouflage
- cloak
- cover
- cover up
- curtain
- dissemble
- ditch
- duck
- eclipse
- ensconce
- enshroud
- go into hiding
- go underground
- harbor
- hold back
- hush up
- keep from
- keep secret
- lie low
- mask
- not give away
- not tell
- obscure
- occult
- protect
- put out of the way
- reserve
- salt away
- screen
- secrete
- shadow
- shelter
- shield
- shroud
- squirrel
- stifle
- stow away
- suppress
- take cover
- veil
- withhold
Définition of occulted
Origin :- 1530s, "secret, not divulged," from Middle French occulte and directly from Latin occultus "hidden, concealed, secret," past participle of occulere "cover over, conceal," from ob "over" (see ob-) + a verb related to celare "to hide," from PIE root *kel- "to hide" (see cell). Meaning "not apprehended by the mind, beyond the range of understanding" is from 1540s. The association with the supernatural sciences (magic, alchemy, astrology, etc.) dates from 1630s.
- As in bury : verb conceal, cover
- As in stash : verb hide
- (Callisto) was occulted by the planet's disc; while Satellite II.
- Extract from : « Astronomy of To-day » by Cecil G. Dolmage
- Mercury is said to have been occulted by Venus in the year 1737.
- Extract from : « Astronomical Curiosities » by J. Ellard Gore
- Calvisius supposed that the occulted “star” might have been Aldebaran.
- Extract from : « Astronomical Curiosities » by J. Ellard Gore
- A faintest, tiny blur against the stars, a few of them occulted as though an invisible shadow were upon them.
- Extract from : « Brigands of the Moon » by Ray Cummings
- In another moment the higher of the villas that had clambered up the hill from Burdock had occulted the running figure.
- Extract from : « The Invisible Man » by H. G. Wells
- A faintest tiny blur against the stars, a few of them occulted as though strangely an invisible shadow were upon them.
- Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
- Her kisses were big things to him, yet possibly there were larger psychological changes which occulted everything else, at first.
- Extract from : « The Trail of the Hawk » by Sinclair Lewis
- Indicating it as being vital and intrinsic, at one with the occulted sources of Life.
- Extract from : « Feminism and Sex-Extinction » by Arabella Kenealy
- It was a remote star, one of myriads in the constellations at large, the definite groups which occulted in the void before me.
- Extract from : « Old Junk » by H. M. Tomlinson
- First, when the moon is occulted by the earth it is believed to be devoured by some evil demon, or by wolves or dogs.
- Extract from : « Moon Lore » by Timothy Harley
Antonyms for occulted
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