Recast

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Recast \Re*cast"\ (r[=e]*k[.a]st"), v. t.
     1. To throw again. --Florio.
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     2. To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new form or
        shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast cannon; to recast an


        argument or a play.
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     3. To compute, or cast up, a second time.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  recast
       v 1: cast again, in a different role; "He was recast as Iago"
       2: cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast" [syn: {remold},
           {remould}]
       3: cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please
          the electorate in her home state" [syn: {reforge}, {remodel}]