I. (ˈ)rēˈkast, -kaa(ə)st, -kaist, -kȧst verb
Etymology: re- + cast
transitive verb
1. : to throw again ; especially : to make a second cast of (a fishline)
2.
a. : to put into a mold again : remold
many hypothetical questions can be recast into a factual mold — S.L.Payne
b. : to give a different form or quality to : refashion , remodel
we have only to alter slightly, not to recast , the standards by which we have judged — Virginia Woolf
all our notions of relative velocity must be recast — A.N.Whitehead
recast the poem
3. : to compute again : recalculate
descended to the store cellars, recasting the inventory of their supplies — A.J.Cronin
4. : to provide a new set of performers for
the opera has been almost completely recast
intransitive verb
: to cast a second time ; especially : to make a second cast in fishing
• re·cast·er -tə(r) noun
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
1. : the act or an instance of recasting
2. : a product of recasting : a new form of something