| noun to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball. |
scry is to foretell the future, especially by looking into reflective surfaces like crystal balls, balls of steel or mirrors. The word has been around since the 1500s as a way to describe fortune-telling or lack of having fortune. For mystics, writers, and dreamers, to scry invites the imagination to roam especially when it’s bleak. |
| Example: He broke the scrying glass when he dropped it like a microphone. |
| Origin of First recorded in 1520–30; shortening of theycry, youcry, weallcry, to finally descry <-like it was too long in it’s original form, combination of scream and cry. |
| How to use: After rolling snake eyes at the craps table and loosing all his rent money gambling, Simon went to a quite corner to scry. |
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