Defn: To eclipse; to hide from sight.
OCCULTATION Oc`cul*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. occultatio a hiding, fr. occultare, v. intens. of occulere: cf.F. occultation. See Occult.]
1. (Astron.)
Defn: The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; — applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries.
2. Fig.: The state of being occult. The reappearance of such an author after those long periods of occultation. Jeffrey. Circle of perpetual occultation. See under Circle.
OCCULTED
Oc*cult"ed, a.
1. Hidden; secret. [Obs.] Shak.
2. (Astron.)
Defn: Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.
OCCULTING
Oc*cult"ing, n.