Occult

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(Latin "occultare" 1500) : to shut off from view or exposure

  • not revealed
  • not easily apprehended or understood
  • hidden from view
  • of or relating to the occult
  • not manifest or detectable by clinical methods alone <~ carcinoma>; also : not present in macroscopic amounts <~ blood in a stool> (oc�cult�ly)
  • matters regarded as involving the action or influence of supernatural or supernormal powers or some secret knowledge of them

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Resource - Infopedia CD-Rom, 1995

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