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.
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
backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)
(UK dialectal) Retrospective.
backcast (comparative more backcast, superlative most backcast)
(UK dialectal, of time) Long ago; in the past.
• of old, way back; see also long ago
• scatback
Source: Wiktionary
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
1 March 2025
(adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings; “an aromatic organic compound”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
