verb (used with object), re·cast, re·cast·ing.
- to cast again or anew.
- to form, fashion, or arrange again.
- to remodel or reconstruct (a literary work, document, sentence, etc.).
- to supply (a theater or opera work) with a new cast.
noun
- a recasting.
- a new form produced by recasting.
verb -casts, -casting or -cast (tr)
- (often foll by as) to give (someone or something) a new role, function, or characterrecast themselves as moderate and kind
- (often foll by as) to cast (an actor or actress) again or in a different part
- to cast new actors or actresses for a production of (a play, film, etc)
c.1600, from re- + cast (v.). Of literary works and other writing, from 1790. Theater sense is from 1951.