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scry

 (skrī)
intr.v. scried (skrīd), scry·ing, scries (skrīz)
To see or predict the future by means of a crystal ball.
[Short for descry.]
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scry

(skraɪ)
vb, scries, scrying or scried
(Alternative Belief Systems) (intr) to divine, esp by crystal gazing
[C16: from descry]
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Scry

 a flock of wild birds; a shouting, clamorous group.
Example: scry of fowls (wild fowl), 1450.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

scry


Past participle: scried
Gerund: scrying

Imperative
scry
scry
Present
I scry
you scry
he/she/it scries
we scry
you scry
they scry
Preterite
I scried
you scried
he/she/it scried
we scried
you scried
they scried
Present Continuous
I am scrying
you are scrying
he/she/it is scrying
we are scrying
you are scrying
they are scrying
Present Perfect
I have scried
you have scried
he/she/it has scried
we have scried
you have scried
they have scried
Past Continuous
I was scrying
you were scrying
he/she/it was scrying
we were scrying
you were scrying
they were scrying
Past Perfect
I had scried
you had scried
he/she/it had scried
we had scried
you had scried
they had scried
Future
I will scry
you will scry
he/she/it will scry
we will scry
you will scry
they will scry
Future Perfect
I will have scried
you will have scried
he/she/it will have scried
we will have scried
you will have scried
they will have scried
Future Continuous
I will be scrying
you will be scrying
he/she/it will be scrying
we will be scrying
you will be scrying
they will be scrying
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been scrying
you have been scrying
he/she/it has been scrying
we have been scrying
you have been scrying
they have been scrying
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been scrying
you will have been scrying
he/she/it will have been scrying
we will have been scrying
you will have been scrying
they will have been scrying
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been scrying
you had been scrying
he/she/it had been scrying
we had been scrying
you had been scrying
they had been scrying
Conditional
I would scry
you would scry
he/she/it would scry
we would scry
you would scry
they would scry
Past Conditional
I would have scried
you would have scried
he/she/it would have scried
we would have scried
you would have scried
they would have scried
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.scry - divine by gazing into crystals
read - interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
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