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extra, spare, supplementary, incidental, auxiliary, accessory:<br />

We bought a few occasional chairs in case we have company. 3<br />

special, particular, ceremonial, ritual: She writes occasional<br />

verses for memorial services.<br />

occasionally<br />

adv. sometimes, on occasion, (every) now and then, from time to<br />

time, at times, (every) now and again, once in a while, every so<br />

often, periodically, intermittently, sporadically, irregularly,<br />

off and on: We go up the Lake District for a weekend<br />

occasionally. Trevor occasionally drops in at the local pub for<br />

a beer.<br />

occult adj. 1 secret, dark, concealed, private, privy, hidden,<br />

obscure, veiled, obscured, shrouded, vague, abstruse, shadowy,<br />

mystical, mysterious, cabbalistic, esoteric, recondite, arcane:<br />

Printing was kept an occult art for generations. 2 magical,<br />

mystical, alchemic(al), unexplained, unexplainable,<br />

inexplicable, puzzling, baffling, perplexing, mystifying,<br />

mysterious, incomprehensible, inscrutable, indecipherable,<br />

impenetrable, unfathomable, transcendental, supernatural,<br />

preternatural, mystic: They dress in odd clothes and<br />

participate in occult rituals at peculiar times of the day and<br />

night.<br />

--n. 3 Usually, the occult. the supernatural, the unknown, the<br />

black arts; arcana, cabbala or cabala or kabbala; cabbalism or<br />

cabalism or kabbalism, occultism, sorcery, witchcraft, black<br />

magic: Keith has studied the occult for many years.<br />

occupant n. resident, inhabitant, occupier, tenant, lessee, leaseholder,<br />

renter, owner, householder, indweller, dweller, denizen, lodger,<br />

roomer, boarder; addressee; incumbent: The occupant of the flat<br />

upstairs is rarely home.<br />

occupation<br />

n. 1 job, position, post, situation, appointment, employment,<br />

vocation, line (of work), career, field, calling, trade, m‚tier,<br />

craft, skill, profession, business, work: Claverton pursued his<br />

occupation as a miniaturist for some fifty years. 2 possession,<br />

tenure, occupancy, rule, control, suzerainty, subjugation,<br />

subjection, oppression, bondage: Terrible atrocities were<br />

committed while the land was under the occupation of the

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