BACKCAST

Etymology

Verb

backcast (third-person singular simple present backcasts, present participle backcasting, simple past and past participle backcasted)

To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.

(UK dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse.

Noun

backcast (plural backcasts)

A cast or throw back.

A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.

(figuratively) Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.

(UK dialectal) Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.

(UK dialectal) Retrospect; hindsight.

(UK dialectal) backwater

Adjective

backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)

(UK dialectal) Retrospective.

Adverb

backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)

(UK dialectal, of time) Long ago; in the past.

Synonyms

• of old, way back; see also long ago

Anagrams

• scatback

Source: Wiktionary

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Back"cast`, n. Etym: [Back, adv.+ cast.]

Definition: Anything which brings misfortune upon one, or causes failure in an effort or enterprise; a reverse. [Scot.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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