Recast
[riː'kɑːst] or [,ri'kæst]
Definition
(verb.) cast or model anew; 'She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state'.
(verb.) cast again; 'The bell cracked and had to be recast'.
(verb.) cast again, in a different role; 'He was recast as Iago'.
Edited by Alexander--From WordNet
Definition
(v. t.) To throw again.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To compute, or cast up, a second time.
Checked by Darren
Definition
v.t. to cast or throw again: to cast or mould anew: to compute a second time.—n. a moulding or shaping anew as of a book.
Checker: Rupert
Examples
- All of them burned with desire to be near to the crucible in which the political and social systems of the world were to be melted and recast. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Then Solomon sets to work, in what was for that time a thoroughly modern spirit, to recast the religion of his people. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was recasting upon a scale no human mind was yet equipped to grasp. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Inputed by Kirsten