scry
English
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Etymology 1
From Middle English scrien, scryen, a shortened form of Middle English ascrien, from Old French escrier. Influenced by Middle English descrien (“to descry”).
Verb
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.
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Etymology 2
From Middle English ascry, ascrie, escrie, from Anglo-Norman ascri, from Old French escri.
Noun
scry (plural scries)
- (obsolete) A cry or shout.
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- A flock of wildfowl.
Verb
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
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