The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Recast \Re*cast"\ (r[=e]*k[.a]st"), v. t.
   1. To throw again. --Florio.
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   2. To mold anew; to cast anew; to throw into a new form or
      shape; to reconstruct; as, to recast cannon; to recast an
      argument or a play.
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   3. To compute, or cast up, a second time.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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:
       recast, remold, remould]
    3: cast or model anew; "She had to recast her image to please
       the electorate in her home state" [syn: recast, reforge,
       remodel]