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Scry
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scry
scry
English
Verb
scry (third-person singular simple present scries, present participle scrying, simple past and past participle scried)
- To predict the future using crystal balls.
- 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?)
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Etymology 2
Middle English ascrie
Noun
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.