intransitive verb
scried, scry′ing to practice crystal gazing
Origin of scry
from descryscry
scryWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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scry
intransitive verb
scried, scry·ing, scries,To see or predict the future by means of a crystal ball.
Origin of scry
Short for descryTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present scries, present participle scrying, simple past and past participle scried)
Noun
(plural scries)
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Origin
Middle English ascrie
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