verb (used without object), scried, scry·ing.
- to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
verb scries, scrying or scried
- (intr) to divine, esp by crystal gazing
v.“to see images in a crystal, water, etc., which reveal the past or forebode the future,” 1520s, a shortening of descry (v.1). Related: Scried; scrying; scryer.