recasting

Variant of recast

recast definition

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

transitive verb recast -·cast′, recasting -·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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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