Meaning of occultive | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Related to or involving the occult or secret knowledge.
2. Tending to obscure or occlude.

Examples

“To increase⟳ the difficulty there is frequent use⟳ made of paradox, hyperbole, the indirect and the allusive method: there is often the subtle reference and occultive meaning.”

“... powerful enough to penetrate through the occultive and deceptive tactics of the Rakshasa magic, and that I (Agastya) should so manage⟳ that Rama does not fall⟳ a prey to the deception so neatly and powerfully employed by the Rakshasas".”

“Ikwu Ikili involves some occultive processes. In the process⟳, the items are sent through spirit to the owner's home.”

“After five years' occultive gloom, / Once more the iron⟳ lilies bloom, / And we can walk⟳ at night / Streets newly washed in light⟳.”

“In 1962, British radio astronomer Cyril Hazard used the moon as an occultive shield to discover⟳ strong radio emissions traceable to the constellation Virgo.”

“The occultive properties of both discourses, ethics and politics, have⟳ exerted a dominant and disfiguring influence⟳ in Rousseau studies.”

“My curiosity over whelm me, trying to explain⟳ reason⟳ for the occultive act.”

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