Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Recast \Re*cast"\, v. t.
   1. To throw again. --Florio.

   2. To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new from a
      shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast cannon; to recast an
      argument or a play.

   3. To compute, or cast up, a second time.

Source : WordNet®

recast
     v 1: cast again, in a different role; "He was recast as Iago"
     2: cast again; "The bell cracked and had to be recast" [syn: {remold},
         {remould}]
     3: cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please
        the electorate in her home state" [syn: {reforge}, {remodel}]