MEANING
to seek hidden knowledge or visions through a reflective object or similar divinatory medium
Use it for
Words that belong together
- scry in a crystal
- scrying bowl
- scrying pool
On the page
She scried in a bowl of dark water.
The apprentice scries only when the moon is visible.
They had scried for a sign before beginning the journey.
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Word forms
- Base
- scry / scries
- Past tense
- scried
- Past participle
- scried
- Present participle
- scrying
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- scry / scries
- Present continuous
- am/is/are scrying
- Present perfect
- have/has scried
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been scrying
- Past
- scried
- Past continuous
- was/were scrying
- Past perfect
- had scried
- Past perfect continuous
- had been scrying
- Future
- will scry / scries
- Future continuous
- will be scrying
- Future perfect
- will have scried
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been scrying
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary curation section: Fantasy. Usually intransitive, often scry in a crystal or pool. It is a practice claimed to reveal information, not ordinary observation. scry; scries; scried; scried; scrying. Related noun: scrying.
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