1Occult \uh-kuhlt'\ vb [L occultare, f. occultus, pp.] vt
                     (1500):  To shut off from view or
                     exposure: COVER, ECLIPSE:  To become
                     concealed briefly at regular intervals
                     -- use of the beam of a lighthouse --
                     occulter n.
 2Occult \ah-kuhlt'\ adj [L occultus, fr. pp. of occulere to
                     cover up, fr. ob- in the way + culere
                     (akin to celare to conceal) more at OB-,
                     HELL] (1567)  1 :  not revealed : secret
                     2 : not easily aprehended or understood
                     : abstruse, mysterious  3 : hidden from
                     view : concealed  4 : of or relating to
                     the occult  5 : not manifest or
                     detectable by clinical methods alone (__
                     carcinoma); also : not present in
                     macroscopic amounts (__ blood in a stool
                     specimen) -- occultly adv
 3Occult \ahk'uhlt\ n (1923) : matters regarded as involving
                    the action or influence of supernatural
                    or supernormal powers or some secret
                    knowledge of them -- used with the