scry
verb (used without object)
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
scryer
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a word derived from
scry.
Example Sentences
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Christopher Robson, who plays the deeply repellent scryer Kelley, is a countertenor.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2011
In these respects, and in the awakeness of the scryer, crystal pictures differ from hypnagogic illusions.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
He would have made a splendid scryer, still, ‘I speak of him but brotherly,’ his revelations would have been taken with the largest allowances.
From Cock Lane and Common-Sense by Andrew Lang
Others see in the glass coloured figures of men, women and animals in motion; while in rarer cases the ball disappears from view, and the scryer finds himself apparently looking at an actual scene.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
But, as a rule, the scryer cannot detect any process of development from such points de mire; though this may be the actual process.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
