recast

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to present, express, or organize something in a substantially different form

   The editor recast the memoir as a concise first-person narrative.

2. 2
   verb

   to give a role to a different actor or assign an actor to a different role

   The director recast the lead after the original actor withdrew.

3. 3
   verb

   to melt and cast a metal object again in a new mold

   The cracked bell was recast in a stronger alloy.

Formed from re- ('again, anew') + cast. The literal metalworking sense means to cast again; from it developed the ideas of assigning performers anew and reshaping a story, argument, or institution into a different form.

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