# occulted

Pronunciation: say "uh-KULT-id" /əˈkʌltɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of occult. — simple past and past participle of occult
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of occult. Use it for something that already happened, or after has or was.
   - _Astronomers timed exactly how long the star was occulted by the passing asteroid._
   - _The moon briefly occulted the planet, and the crowd at the observatory cheered when it reappeared._

## Adjective

2. Hidden from view by another body passing between it and the observer.
   - Simple: Hidden because another object in the sky has moved in front of it.
   - _Observers recorded the exact moment the occulted star reappeared at the moon's edge._
   - _Timing an occulted star's disappearance from several places can reveal the shape of the asteroid in front of it._
3. Kept hidden from others or secret.
   - Simple: Hidden or kept secret.
   - _The investigation exposed an occulted network of shell companies behind the deal._
   - _Years of therapy slowly brought her occulted fears to the surface._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/occulted (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).