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re⋅cast

  [v. ree-kast, -kahst; n. ree-kast, -kahst] verb, -cast, -cast⋅ing, noun
Use recast in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to cast again or anew.
2. to form, fashion, or arrange again.
3. to remodel or reconstruct (a literary work, document, sentence, etc.).
4. to supply (a theater or opera work) with a new cast.
–noun
5. a recasting.
6. a new form produced by recasting.
Origin:
1890–95; re- + cast

Related forms:
re⋅cast⋅er, noun
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re·cast   (rē-kāst')   
tr.v.   re·cast, re·cast·ing, re·casts

  1. To mold again: recast a bell.

  2. To set down or present (ideas, for example) in a new or different arrangement: recast a sentence.

  3. To change the cast of (a theatrical production).

n.   (rē'kāst')

  1. The act or process of recasting.

  2. Something produced by recasting.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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