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scry

[ skrahy ]

verb (used without object)

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


scry

/ ɪ /

verb

  1. intr to divine, esp by crystal gazing
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • İ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scry1

First recorded in 1520–30; shortening of descry
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scry1

C16: from descry
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You may not be Snow White’s evil stepmother demanding to know who is more beautiful, but you are engaging in a sort of fortunetelling and imaginative scrying.

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Students scribble notes as Fey explains how to rub herbs into a mirror to practice a form of divination called “scrying”.

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I was startled, convinced my tutor possessed the power to scry the thoughts of mind and heart.

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Through the scrying glass, she watched her dusty words fly into the ears of the child.

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As Mr. Sonia-Wallace sees it, if a project he proposes represents the closest thing to what judges and the corporate sponsors are looking for, he’s just “happy I was able to scry what they wanted.”

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