recast

[ verb ree-kast, -kahst; noun ree-kast, -kahst ]

verb (used with object)

, re·cast, re·cast·ing.

1. to cast again or anew.
2. to form, fashion, or arrange again.
3. to remodel or reconstruct (a literary work, document, sentence, etc.).
4. to supply (a theater or opera work) with a new cast.

noun

1. a recasting.
2. a new form produced by recasting.

recast

/ riːˈkɑːst /

verb

1. often foll by as to give (someone or something) a new role, function, or character

   recast themselves as moderate and kind

2. often foll by as to cast (an actor or actress) again or in a different part
3. to cast new actors or actresses for a production of (a play, film, etc)

Other Words From

• re·caster noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of recast¹

First recorded in 1890–95; re- + cast

Example Sentences

A group of New York chefs show The Daily Beast how to enliven, or wholly recast, holiday table staples.

From The Daily Beast

McEwan novels often have formally dazzling conclusions that recast the meaning of the preceding story.

From The Daily Beast

Above all, universities are instructed to look for “opportunity for negotiation” and “opportunity to recast the questions.”

From The Daily Beast

The second point of debate goes to whether all artists borrow and recast and appropriate.

From The Daily Beast

But they can recast the contours of the contest; they can meet voters where they already are.

From The Daily Beast

During the last century these were recast, and addition made to the peal, which now consists of twelve.

From Project Gutenberg

I have the first six or seven chapters of St. Ives to recast entirely.

From Project Gutenberg

It is an old native element recast in Roman form, and well illustrates the Roman principle of local government by devolution.

From Project Gutenberg

She finally succeeded in her St. Michael, though not till it had been recast seven times.

From Project Gutenberg

In many instances, the application of these principles will require the rudiments of early Greek history to be recast.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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