Hypertext Webster Gateway: "recast"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Recast \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
recast
v 1: cast again, in a different role: "He was recast as Iago"
2: cast again: "The bell cracked and had to be recast" [syn: {remold},
{remould}]
3: cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please
the electorate in her home state" [syn: {reforge}, {remodel}]
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