scry (skr )intr.v. scried (skr d), scry·ing, scries (skrz) To see or predict the future by means of a crystal ball. [Short for descry.] |
scry [skraɪ]
vb scries, scrying, scried
(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) (intr) to divine, esp by crystal gazing
[from descry]
Scry a flock of wild birds; a shouting, clamorous group.
Example: scry of fowls (wild fowl), 1450.
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| Verb | 1. | scry - divine by gazing into crystals read - interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball" |
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