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new-cast, v. [new adv. 6.] trans. To recast; to form or mould anew. Also refl.
1650R. Stapylton Strada's Low C. Wars ii. 40 He had a wit that could easily new-cast it self into any mould. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. 97 All's returned again to be new Cast. 1753World No. 10. 59 To prepare and new-cast the established rhimes for public use. 1789Hist. Eur. in Ann. Reg. 81/2 To proceed in a different way; first to new-cast the office and then to declare the officer. So new-cast ppl. a.
1642Sir T. Browne Relig. Med. i. §1, I am of that reformed new-cast Religion. 1785Burke Nabob of Arcot's Debts Wks. IV. 277 The only fund left..for a new-cast peace establishment. |