Associations to the word «Recasting»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
RECAST, verb. To cast or throw again.
RECAST, verb. To mould again.
RECAST, verb. To reproduce in a new form.
RECAST, noun. The act or process of recasting.
RECAST, noun. (linguistics) An utterance translated into another grammatical form.
Dictionary definition
RECAST, verb. Cast again, in a different role; "He was recast as Iago".
RECAST, verb. Cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast".
RECAST, verb. Cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please the electorate in her home state".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.