to scry
- verb
- /skraɪ/
- Literature
- In the dim light of the candle, she attempted to scry and uncover hidden truths about her past.
- try scrying
- start scrying
- scry hard enough
She kind of wakes up and realizes she just did scrying without any bones or stones.
- She kind of wakes up and realizes she just did scrying without any bones or stones.
- Oh, that's a weird scrying is the is the paranormal ability to like like remote viewing, like being able to see somewhere where you're not.
Examples
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She kind of wakes up and realizes she just did scrying without any bones or stones.
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A hundred lives through which to scry the truth.
Blog text (16) -
This is the future too, or a possible future, credibly scried in scenes from an actual now.
Fiction book (1993) -
"But the men who sent him have scrying crystals," she protested.
Fiction book (1994) -
And yet Margery had used a scrying glass, had spoken words to keep the creature away from them, and had possibly even raised the wind she had felt at the end.
Fiction book (1993) -
For a moment, he swirled it about, gazing into its maroon depths as if scrying.
Fiction book (1992) -
With a table to put a scrying mirror on that one might gaze sideways at while sitting in a comfortable stuffed leather black or red chair.
Blog text (13) -
The fortune teller used her crystal ball to scry and reveal the secrets of the future.
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They gathered around the table as the mystic began to scry into the reflective surface for answers.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scry probably comes from an older word like descry, which meant 'to see' or 'to make out'. So to scry is like 'seeing' into a crystal, mirror, or bowl of water to find hidden things.