scry

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To persons who can 'scry,' and who do not see hideous illusions, or become hypnotised, or superstitious, or incur headaches, scrying is a harmless gateway into Les Paradis Artificiels.

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  1. intransitive verb To see or predict the future by means of a crystal ball.

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  • Her best friend, Uzun, a Nyssomu and the Court Musician, had possessed quite a bit of magical ability in addition to his musical talents, and it was he who had taught Haramis to water-scry. —  Trillium 05 - Lady of the Trillium by Marion Zimmer Bradley (v1.0) (html).html
  • 'I scry,' she said portentously, 'a journey Somewhere pleasant, I hope?' —  Gallows Thief by Bernard Cornwell
  • Experienced adventure gamers will find many of the puzzles fairly clear but most casual adventure gamers may find the clues a tad difficult to scry. —  Brandon Sun Online - Top Stories
  • So nice that Kraut & Barnes are here to scry the future. —  Hot Air » Top Picks
  • But despite any attempts to scry the intents, purposes, motivations, and other elements of this I, ultimately such attempts are as futile as those of the scientists in 2001 trying to grasp the import of the black monolith. —  OF Blog of the Fallen
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  1. Short for descry.

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  1. By apheresis from ascry, escry, descry.
  2. Also skry; from Middle English*scryen, from Old French escrier, French écrier (= Provencal esgridar = Italian sgridare), cry out, from es - (from Latin ex), out, + crier, cry: see cry.
  3. Also skry; from Middle English scrye; from scry, v.
 

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