scry
pronunciation
How to pronounce scry in British English:
UK [skraɪ]
How to pronounce scry in American English:
US [skraɪ]
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- Verb:
- divine by gazing into crystals
Word Origin
- scry (v.)
- "to see images in a crystal, water, etc., which reveal the past or forebode the future," 1520s, a shortening of descry (v.1). Related: Scried; scrying; scryer.
Example
- 1. I have to scry for .
- 2. We scry for evil and it was here .
- 3. So it should take me about2 seconds to scry for him .