scry
To magically or supernaturally look into or predict, using crystal balls or other objectsTo magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects.
Meaning
4 sensesTo magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects.
The fortune teller claimed she could scry [into] the future.
To use magical means to see or look into (something that is happening outside one's sight, e.g. inside a building or far away, or in the distant past, or future, etc).
(obsolete)To descry; to see.
(obsolete)To proclaim.
- divine by gazing into crystals
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
From Middle English scrien, scryen, a shortened form of Middle English ascrien, from Old FFrom Middle English scrien, scryen, a shortened form of Middle English ascrien, from Old French escrier (“to cry out”). Influenced by Middle English descrien (“to descry”).
From Middle English ascry, ascrie, escrie, from Anglo-Norman ascri, from Old French escri.
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Forms
scries, scrying, scried, scriedWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle