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scry

UK/skɹaɪ/ uncommon obsolete

verb

1.

divine by gazing into crystals

Origin

From 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”).

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