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
Mrs. H. was consulted by an authoress, her profession being unknown to the scryer.
From Second Sight A study of Natural and Induced Clairvoyance by Sepharial
This may or may not be a mere effect of suggestion; but it certainly sometimes occurs, and the "scryer" consequently may be partially hypnotised, and in a state which facilitates hallucinations.
From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry) Myers
In some cases these visions have brought back to the mind of the scryer facts or incidents which he could not voluntarily recollect.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
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
