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Meaning of RECAST

Pronunciation:  [n]'ree`kast, [v]ree'kast, ree'kâst

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [v]  cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state"
  2. [v]  cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast"
  3. [v]  cast again, in a different role; "He was recast as Iago"
 
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 Synonyms: reforge, remodel, remold, remould
 
 See Also: cast, make over, mold, mould, redo, refashion, remake

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Re*cast"\, v. t.
1. To throw again. --Florio.
2. To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new from a
   shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast cannon; to recast an
   argument or a play.
3. To compute, or cast up, a second time.
 

 

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