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English
Etymology
From Middle English bicasten, equivalent to be- + cast. Sense of plan, plot due to conflation with costen (“to contrive, try”). More at costen.
Verb
becast (third-person singular simple present becasts, present participle becasting, simple past and past participle becast)
- (transitive, obsolete) To cover or surround by casting (something) about.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To cast about; plan; plot; contrive.
Derived terms
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