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scry

[ skrahy ]
/ skraɪ /
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verb (used without object), scried, scry·ing.
to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
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Origin of scry

First recorded in 1520–30; shortening of descry

OTHER WORDS FROM scry

scryer, noun
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How to use scry in a sentence

  • But it may be a cruel, and is a most injudicious thing, to set children a-scrying.

    Cock Lane and Common-Sense|Andrew Lang

  • The antiquity and world-wide diffusion of scrying, in one form or other, interests the student of human nature.

    Cock Lane and Common-Sense|Andrew Lang

  • As to ‘scrying’ the doctor thought it could be done in ‘mesmerised water,’ water bewitched.

    Cock Lane and Common-Sense|Andrew Lang

  • The foregoing short treatise will gain some practical value by a statement of the conditions most suitable for scrying.

    Second Sight|Sepharial

British Dictionary definitions for scry

scry
/ (skraɪ) /
verb scries, scrying or scried
(intr) to divine, esp by crystal gazing

Word Origin for scry

C16: from descry
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