scry
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From descry < Middle English decrien < Old French descrier
Verb[edit]
scry (third-person singular simple present scries, present participle scrying, simple past and past participle scried)
- To predict the future using crystal balls or other objects.
- The fortune teller claimed she could scry [into] the future.
- (obsolete) To descry; to see.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)
Translations[edit]
predict the future using crystal balls or other objects
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Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
scry (plural scries)
- (obsolete) A cry or shout.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ld. Berners to this entry?)
- A flock of wildfowl.
Verb[edit]
scry (third-person singular simple present scries, present participle scrying, simple past and past participle scried)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for scry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)