Antonyms for occulted

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-kuhlt, ok-uhlt

Phonetic Transcription : əˈkʌlt, ˈɒk ʌlt

Definition 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

Example sentences :

(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

Synonyms for occulted

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