recast /ɹiːˈkɑːst/verb 5/ˈɹiːkɑːst/ noun 2forms 2 verb5 •To mould again.The whole bell had to be recast although it had only one tiny, hardly visible crack. •To reproduce in a new form.Our conception of the world rises in us as our intellect recasts [translating umgiesst] the impressions it receives from without into the forms of time, space, and causality. — 1999 •To assign (roles in a play or performance) to different actors. •To assign (actors) to different roles.She was recast as the villain. •To cast or throw again.the Roman gentlemen armed at all assayes, in the middest of their running-race, would cast and recast themselves from one to another horse. — 1603 recast /ˈɹiːkɑːst/ noun2 •The act or process of recasting. •An utterance translated into another grammatical form.Adults may use recasts to suggest corrections to mistakes in children's speech. formsrecasting · recasts
