scry

[skrahy]

verb (used without object), scried, scry·ing.

to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.

Origin of scry

aphetic shortening of descry

Related formsscry·er, noun

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Historical Examples of scrying

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 scrying

scry

verb scries, scrying or scried

(intr) to divine, esp by crystal gazing

Word Origin for scry

C16: from descry

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Word Origin and History for scrying

scry

"to see images in a crystal, water, etc., which reveal the past or forebode the future," 1520s, a shortening of descry (v.1). Related: Scried; scrying; scryer.