recast a play
1recast — transitive verb ( cast; casting) Date: 1603 to cast again < recast a gun > < recast a play >; also remodel, refashion < recasts his political image to fit the times > • recast noun …
2Recast — Re*cast (r[=e]*k[.a]st ), v. t. 1. To throw again. Florio. [1913 Webster] 2. To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new form or shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast cannon; to recast an argument or a play. [1913 Webster] 3. To compute, or… …
3recast — [rē kast′, rēkäst′; ] for n. [ rē′kast΄, rē′käst΄] vt. recast, recasting 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 4. a) …
4recast — ► VERB (past and past part. recast) 1) cast (metal) again or differently. 2) present in a different form or style. 3) allocate roles in (a play or film) to different actors …
5recast — UK [riːˈkɑːst] / US [ˌrɪˈkæst] verb [transitive] Word forms recast : present tense I/you/we/they recast he/she/it recasts present participle recasting past tense recast past participle recast 1) to change the way that someone or something is or… …
6recast — re|cast [ˌri:ˈka:st US ˈkæst] v past tense and past participle recast [T] 1.) to give something a new shape or a new form of organization ▪ an attempt to recast the statement in less formal language 2.) to give parts in a play or film to… …
7recast — verb past tense and past participle recast (T) 1 to give something a new shape or a new form of organization: an attempt to recast the statement in less formal language 2 to give parts in a play or film to different actors recasting noun (C, U) …
8recast — v. & n. v.tr. (past and past part. recast) 1 put into a new form. 2 improve the arrangement of. 3 change the cast of (a play etc.). n. 1 the act or an instance of recasting. 2 a recast form …
9recast — re|cast [ ,ri kæst ] (past tense and past participle re|cast) verb transitive 1. ) to change the way that someone or something is or appears to be: The agency has been trying to recast itself in a modern image. 2. ) to give a part in a movie or… …
10recast — verb (past and past participle recast) 1》 cast (metal) again or differently. 2》 present in a different form or style. 3》 allocate roles in (a play or film) to different actors …
