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Recast has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

The act or process of recasting.

Verb
1

cast again, in a different role

"He was recast as Iago"

2

cast again

"The bell cracked and had to be recast"

3

cast or model anew

"She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state"

4

To cast or throw again.

Example Sentences
"He was recast as Iago" verb
"The bell cracked and had to be recast" verb
"She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cast remake

Origin

The word recast comes from combining the prefix re- with the verb cast. It originally meant to throw or shape something again.

Rhyming Words
ast bast oast east fast nast last vast rast kast gast dast wast past cast tast mast plast avast blast
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