Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To see or predict the future by means of a crystal ball.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To divine, or to attempt divination, by crystal-gazing; induce hypnagogic illusions by gazing into a glass or crystal sphere or some equivalent medium.
- To descry. Also
skry . - noun A cry.
- noun A flock of wild fowl.
- To cry out.
- To proclaim; announce publicly or by way of advertisement: as, to
scry a sale.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A cry or shout.
- transitive verb obsolete To descry.
- noun A flock of wild fowl.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
predict thefuture usingcrystal balls . - noun obsolete A
cry orshout .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb divine by gazing into crystals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Dee was haunted by his shortcomings: "You know I cannot see, nor scry" he lamented.
Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review 2011
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Dee was haunted by his shortcomings: "You know I cannot see, nor scry" he lamented.
Dr Dee, Palace Theatre, Manchester | First night review 2011
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The Savant (aka nobody knows his identity) - cybernetic mathematical supergenius who can scry into the futures of many possible timelines.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » CarsonArtist’s Review Forum 2009
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This was the place he had seen that time he'd tried to scry in the forest pool, the hilltop covered with warring Demons.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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Who has that crystal ball s/he can scry and come up with the certainty that it's okay to torture this one because we are *sure.
MIranda and human rights Steven Barnes 2010
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Annika had already warped past aneurismal straight into action, dispatching search parties and hiring witches to scry.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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Rydstrom told Sabine, “Cwena, the witch will scry for Lanthe—”
Demon From The Dark Kresley Cole 2010
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Perhaps tomorrow she would scry as well, but she had been afraid to do that for fear of what her spell would show her.
Tran Siberian Michael J. Solender 2010
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Perhaps she was using the surface of the water to scry into her future.
Fatal Circle Linda Robertson 2010
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Who has that crystal ball s/he can scry and come up with the certainty that it's okay to torture this one because we are *sure.
MIranda and human rights Steven Barnes 2010
abiohphobia commented on the word scry
I once lost a game of scrabble because this word was not in the dictionary we had on hand. And it was a nice big thick one too.
October 24, 2007
yarb commented on the word scry
What a hopeless dictionary. I feel for you.
November 22, 2007
bilby commented on the word scry
Seems to have escaped the lists of collective nouns.
September 9, 2022