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RECAST
recast, reforge, remodel
(verb) cast or model anew; “She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state”
recast, remold, remould
(verb) cast again; “The bell cracked and had to be recast”
recast
(verb) cast again, in a different role; “He was recast as Iago”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
recast (third-person singular simple present recasts, present participle recasting, simple past and past participle recast)
To cast or throw again.
To mould again.
To reproduce in a new form.
(transitive, film, theatre) To assign (roles in a play or performance) to different actors.
(transitive, film, theatre) To assign (actors) to different roles.
Noun
recast (plural recasts)
The act or process of recasting.
(linguistics) An utterance translated into another grammatical form.
Anagrams
• Cartes, Caster, Cestar, acters, carest, carets, cartes, caster, caters, crates, creats, racest, reacts, rescat, reäcts, traces
Source: Wiktionary
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RECALL
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