What does 'shadows' mean?

Francis Nugent Dixon effendi at wanadoo.fr
Wed Oct 12 10:55:21 EDT 2011


Hi from Beautiful Brittany,

Keith wrote :

> ...did you mean 'eclipse', Francis?

Keith, "occult" has three forms :

1 (noun)
2 (adjective)
3 ( verb)

As "shadows" was used in the VERB form, I suggested
replacing it with the VERB form of occult , which means
what I said it means.

Latin occultus, from past participle of the VERB "occulere"
which means "to cover up".

Your definition of "occult" - in the NOUN form, is, OF COURSE,
correct.

The VERB form of "eclipse" means "to reduce in importance
or repute", which, as a replacement for the VERB "shadows"
is incorrect, although the NOUN form of "eclipse" is equivalent
to the VERB form of "occult", but then, nouns and verbs ain't
quite the same .........    :>)

I love English, because of its complexity .........

-Francis






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