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Antonyms for recast


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : verb ree-kast, -kahst; noun ree-kast, -kahst
Phonetic Transcription : verb riˈkæst, -ˈkɑst; noun ˈriˌkæst, -ˌkɑst



Definition of recast

Origin :
  • c.1600, from re- + cast (v.). Of literary works and other writing, from 1790. Theater sense is from 1951.
  • As in repeated : adj done again
  • As in modify : verb alter, change
  • As in reconstruct : verb reorganize, build up
  • As in remodel : verb reconstruct
  • As in repeat : verb duplicate, do again
  • As in rephrase : verb say in another way
  • As in revise : verb correct, edit
  • As in revolutionize : verb transform
  • As in rewrite : verb revise
  • As in restate : verb repeat
  • As in alter : verb change
Example sentences :
  • February 16 we recast it, and it proved to be of a proper degree of strength.
  • Extract from : « Sir William Herschel: His Life and Works » by Edward Singleton Holden
  • Our conception of the nature of the contest in which we are engaged must be recast.
  • Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
  • Political economy, he thought, would have to be recast and humanised.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • Francesco Berni, who recast the Orlando Innamorato, was born circ.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 4 » by Lord Byron
  • But they could not, for the very reasons that had induced me to recast it, and they declined it.
  • Extract from : « Old Familiar Faces » by Theodore Watts-Dunton
  • In 1805 Lewis recast it into a melodrama, which he called Rugantino.
  • Extract from : « The Bravo of Venice » by Heinrich Zschokke
  • She was puzzled, and determined to recast the interview a little when she related it to Rickie.
  • Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
  • Her novel had been recast ever so many times, and still languished.
  • Extract from : « A Little Girl of Long Ago » by Amanda Millie Douglas
  • In 1716 it was recast, and presently placed in the western tower of St. Paul's.
  • Extract from : « Westminster » by Sir Walter Besant
  • Collado has recast into the colloquial a quote from the Shikimoku.
  • Extract from : « Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language » by Diego Collado

Synonyms for recast

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