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occulere [CL] 1 to conceal from view by covering or hiding; b (refl.). c to bury (also fig.). confessorem ‥ domo primum ac mutatis dein mutuo vestibus ~uit Gildas EB 11; 672 flagrans lichinus clancule fuscata tetrae ~itur latebra urnae Aldh. Ep. 5 p. 491; cum ‥ ~endos se a facie regis victoris credidissent Bede HE IV p. 237; occulit algentem surgens Aurora Bootem Wulf. Swith. I 1158; caput ‥ divisum dumeta Danis proicientibus ~uerant W. Malm. GR II 74; ipsam virgam sub sua manica, que longa et diffusa pendebat, ~ens Arthur & Gorlagon 8; coverer ‥ velare, oculere Gl. AN Ox. f. 154.  b profugus ‥ sub ponte ligneo ‥ se ~it W. Malm. GR II 167; ibi in abditis locis se ~uit R. Cold. Godr. 16; medenti se fax oculit, / que me latenter perculit P. Blois Carm. 12. 7. 55.  c tum jubet parvos necari / turbam facit martyrum / fertur infans oculendus / Nili flumen quo fluit Cerne 167; imperii gloria ‥ / ‥ / hanc ultra spetiem non habitura / quam tecum moriens occuluisti W. Malm. GR II 194; illum in saccum intromisit et longius pertraxit atque humo cooperiens ~uit Ord. Vit. III 3 p. 44; beati martyris corpus auferens sub terram ~uit diligenter W. S. Alb. V. Alb. & Amphib. 44. 2 to conceal from knowledge, keep unknown. veritas ‥ e contra sit ~enda salubriter Bede Sam. 650; quem fama obscura ‥ ~eret, nisi filii conspicuus vigor patrem in speculam extulisset W. Malm. GR I 47; liceat mihi ‥ verum non ~uisse Ib. IV 312; ut superior sermo non ~uit Ib. V 391; c1213 qui hactenus ‥ nobis adversarius erat ~tus, occasiones jam querit ‥ ut amodo fiat manifestus Gir. Ep. 7 p. 256. 3 (p. ppl. as adj.): a unseen, hidden from view. b unknown, concealed from knowledge, kept secret, not obvious. c mysterious, obscure. d (p. ppl. as quasi-adv.). a dux ‥ perdius et pernox equitans, vel in abditis ~tus W. Poit. I 17; ~ta manet lux tota meritorum Gir. TH intr. p. 5; [pulsus] ~tus et strictus Bart. Angl. III 23.  b de ~to orbis terrarum situ interrogasti et si tanta monstrorum essent genera credenda Lib. Monstr. prol.; plus dolor occultus tectus plus estuat ignis Nig. Paul. f. 50 l. 607; quod autem ~ta peccata publicari non debent, Johannes Chrysostomus ostendit Gir. GE I 16; si tunc appareant signa digestionis ~ta Ric. Med. Signa 35; c1298 veniet rex Anglie manu non occulta (Dunbar 155) Pol. Songs 172.  c Simfosius poeta ‥ ~tas enigmatum propositiones ‥ legitur cecinisse Aldh. Met. 6; ~tum Dei equanimiter expectans arbitrium W. Malm. GR I 61; cum membra gravari ‥ incipiunt, natura quadam ~tissima ducenti serpentem pro remedio querit ‥ Quaest. Salern. B 78.  d cum ‥ per diversa ~tus loca ‥ profugus vagaretur Bede HE II 12 p. 107; qui autem flagitiosus quantumlibet, sed ~tus, occulte premoneatur, ne quod debet esse saluti, presumat perditioni Pull. Sent. 968B. 4 (p. ppl. as sb. n.) hidden place. b secret. c (in ~o, in ~is) secretly. de ~to celorum tibi cometa dirigitur V. Birini 7; de ~to venit et procedit Anselm (Proc. Sp. 2) II 189.  b de ~tis cordis alieni temere judicare peccatum est Ps.-Bede Collect. 255; et investigabit (id est scrutabitur) ~ta ejus Andr. S. Vict. Sal. 64; cogitationum et intentionum ~ta denudare intendo J. Ford Serm. 117. 30; ut ~ta sufficienter fiant manifesta Fishacre Sent. Prol. 82.  c quid anima in ~to passa sit, caro palam praemonstrabat Bede HE III 19 p. 167; statuat apud se quasi is de quo agitur in ~to adesset Alex. Cant. Dicta 7 p. 145; idolatra fuit, prius in ~to et postea in manifesto R. Niger Chr. I 39; 1291 et in campo in oculto moram fecerunt ad predictos W. L. et R. G. insidiandos JustIt 3/37/1 m. 1; minus scandalum est tibi in oculto me occidere, quam in publico G. Roman. 9; excepta potestate Fratribus Predicatoribus et Minoribus in ~tis commissa Conc. Scot. I cclxxiii. 5 (p. ppl. as sb. m.) secret agent, murderer. statutum est ‥ contra ~tos, quales Anglice mordrers appellant V. Ric. II 121.

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