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occult (s.xii1)
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occult (s.xii1)

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ocult  
  FEW:  occultus 7,300a Gdf:  ocult 5,562b GdfC:  occulte 10,221c TL: ocult 9,979 DEAF:  ocult  DMF:  occulte 1  TLF:  occulte  OED:  occult adj. and n.  MED: ∅ DMLBS:  occulte 1997a

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1secret, hidden: 
( s.xiiiex; MS: 1307-15 )  nule repostaille, ja tant ne soit occulte ne privee, ne puet estre celee  Ancren2 207.8
2theol.abstruse, mysterious, inexplicable: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Astetei acertes veritet amas, les nuncertes choses e les occultes de la tue sapience manifestas a mei  Oxf Ps ANTS 72.50.7
( 1212; MS: 1212-13 )  Com par sont occulz e celez Tes (= God's) jugemenz noncompernables  Dial Greg SATF 5684
( s.xiii1; MS: s.xiiim )  E pur ceo ert mestier grant ke il sei desenbuschast de sa occulte deité  Joshua Sermons i 9
en occult
stealthily, in secret: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  tendirent arc [...] que il saiettent en occulz le nient maluet  Oxf Ps ANTS 78.63.3

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See also:

occultement 
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