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scrying

scrying noun: the act of one who scries; foretelling the future using a crystal ball. Also the present participle and gerund of scry.

Noun

scrying (plural scryings)

  1. The act of one who scries; foretelling the future using a crystal ball.
    • By gazing into a crystal-ball the subject was supposed to see events happening at great distances, scenes past, present, and future, and when sufficiently adept the student of scrying asserted his ability to call forth spirits from the mighty deep, and in fact, do anything under the sun, excepting...1896 August 8, The Maitland Weekly Mercury, NSW, page 11, column 5
    • He has scoured the known world for information on this ancient land turned to myth and has tried many times to locate it with his magic, only to be denied as some unseen force tampered with his scryings.2005, Jeremy Bechen, The Lost Lands of Reljae

Also used as

scrying is also the present participle and gerund of scry.

Forms of scrying

pluralscryings

Words formed from scrying

Phrases with scrying

Words that rhyme with scrying

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Questions about scrying

What does scrying mean?
Scrying means the act of one who scries; foretelling the future using a crystal ball.
What part of speech is scrying?
Scrying is a noun.
What is the plural of scrying?
The plural of scrying is scryings.

Words near scrying in the dictionary

  1. scruzes
  2. scruzing
  3. scry
  4. scryer
  5. scryers
  6. scrying
  7. scrying glass
  8. scrying glasses
  9. scrying stone
  10. scrying stones
  11. scryings

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