Usually means: Gaze to foresee using magic.
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  1. scry: Merriam-Webster
  2. scry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scry: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scry: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scry: Vocabulary.com
  6. scry: Wordnik
  7. scry: Wiktionary
  8. scry: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. scry: Dictionary.com
  10. Scry: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Scry: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. scry: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. scry: Rhymezone
  14. Scry: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. scry: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  16. scry: FreeDictionary.org
  17. scry: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. scry: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scry: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scry)

verb:  To magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects.
verb:  (more broadly, fantasy, video games) To use magical means to see or look into (something that is happening outside one's sight, e.g. inside a building or far away, or in the distant past, or future, etc).
verb:  (obsolete) To descry; to see.
noun:  (obsolete) A cry or shout.
noun:  A flock of wildfowl.
verb:  (obsolete) To proclaim.

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