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recast Definition

re·cast (rē kast′, -käst′; for n. rē′kast′, -käst′)

transitive verb -·cast′, -·cast′·ing

  1. to cast again or anew
  2. to improve the form of by redoing; reconstruct to recast a sentence
  3. to calculate or count again
    1. to provide a new cast for (a play)
    2. to put (an actor) in a different role

noun

  1. the act of recasting
  2. a new form produced by recasting

  • recatalog

recast Usage Examples

Object

  • bell: William Evans of Chepstow recast this bell, formerly in the north tower, to make the treble for a ring of ten.
  • directive: The Commission also asked MSs for their views on how permanent authorisation could be facilitated via the recast Directive.
  • version: The present bell is a recast version of the original destroyed during World War II.
  • debate: But this is far from denying the seismic economic shifts which themselves served to recast the political debate about slavery.
  • role: It is about taking politicians out of management altogether and recasting the role of government so what it does better matches government competencies.
  • relationship: But it still presents the Europeans with an opportunity to recast the relationship - if they are mature enough to seize it.

Subject

Taylor: All the bells apart from Great Abel were recast by Taylors in 1936 to create the current installation.

Modifying Another Word

  • completely: In response to this, it was completely recast in Part II of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
  • then: I landed a small pike, then recast the same bait to another spot.
  • also: The proposals also recast principles enshrined in the Magna Carta by ending many defendants ' right to be tried by jury.
  • entirely: All the existing material is being thoroughly reviewed, and in most cases added to, corrected, and entirely recast.
  • now: The memorable diaper wearer, now recast Despite being a very well thought out and quite moralistic piece.
  • again: In 1733 the second heaviest bell was badly damaged resulting in it having to be recast once again.

Present participle complement

exist: In general, the aim must be to recast existing programs as far as possible rather than incurring further expenditure.

Preposition: in

  • term: The two bullet points in this Annex should therefore be recast in terms of " religion or belief " - " .
  • form: Each has been recast in a form suitable for Python.

Preposition: of

  • bell: The recasting of bells which has been carried out for many centuries is probably one of the oldest known forms of recycling.
  • role: A token of this will be the recasting of the role of Alastair Campbell.
  • material: She has brought together 36 artists all of whom explore a significant strand in contemporary art - the reuse and recasting of cultural material.

Preposition: by

Taylor: All the bells apart from Great Abel were recast by Taylors in 1936 to create the current installation.