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Verb: recast (recast)  ree'kãst
  1. Cast or model anew
    "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state";
    - reforge, remodel
     
  2. Cast again
    "The bell cracked and had to be recast";
    - remold [N. Amer], remould [Brit, Cdn]
     
  3. (performing arts) cast again, in a different role
    "He was recast as Iago"

Derived forms: recast, recasting, recasts

Type of: cast, make over, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], redo, refashion, remake

Encyclopedia: Recast