Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To magically or supernaturally look into or (as an entertainer) predict (the future), using crystal balls or other objects. · 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). · To descry; to see.
From Middle English scrien, scryen, a shortened form of Middle English ascrien, from Old French escrier (“to cry out”). Influenced by Middle English descrien (“to descry”).
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