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recast(dictionary)

recast (iou)



recast verb & noun. [ri:'kɑ:st] E17.
[from RE- + CAST verb, noun1; in sense 2 after French refondre.]
A. verb trans. Pa. t. & pple recast.
Cast or throw again. E17.
a. Cast (metal) again. M18.
b. fig. Refashion or remodel (a thing, esp. a literary work etc.); put into a new form. L18.
Recalculate. M19.
Theatrical. Assign (an actor) to another part; cast (a role, play, etc.) again. M20.
b. noun. The action or an act of recasting something; a thing produced by recasting. M19.