Becast
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To cover or surround by casting (something) about. obsolete, transitive
- 2 To cast about; plan; plot; contrive. intransitive, obsolete
Synonyms
All synonymsEtymology
From Middle English bicasten, equivalent to be- + cast. Sense of plan, plot due to conflation with costen (“to contrive, try”). More at costen.
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