What is the meaning of occult?

noun

• Supernatural forces and events and beings collectively.
  • usage: "She doesn't believe in the supernatural"
  • synonyms: supernatural
• Supernatural practices and techniques.
  • usage: "he is a student of the occult"
  • synonyms: occult arts

verb

• Cause an eclipse of (a celestial body) by intervention.
  • usage: "The Sun eclipses the moon today"; "Planets and stars often are occulted by other celestial bodies"
  • synonyms: eclipse
• Become concealed or hidden from view or have its light extinguished.
  • usage: "The beam of light occults every so often"
• Hide from view.
  • usage: "The lids were occulting her eyes"

adjective

• Hidden and difficult to see.
  • usage: "an occult fracture"; "occult blood in the stool"
• Having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding.
  • usage: "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
  • synonyms: mysterious, mystic, mystical, secret, orphic