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becast

becast verb: to cover or surround by casting (something) about.

Verb

becast (third-person singular simple present becasts, present participle becasting, simple past and past participle becast)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To cover or surround by casting (something) about.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) To cast about; plan; plot; contrive.

becast meaning in Tamil

becast in Tamil

வி

Forms of becast

third-person singular presentbecasts
present participlebecasting
past participlebecast
pastbecast

Origin of becast

From Middle English bicasten, equivalent to be- + cast. Sense of plan, plot due to conflation with costen (“to contrive, try”). More at costen.

Words formed from becast

Questions about becast

What does becast mean?
Becast means to cover or surround by casting (something) about.
What is becast in Tamil?
Becast in Tamil is வி. See Becast meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is becast?
Becast is a verb.
What is the past tense of becast?
The past tense of becast is becast.

Words near becast in the dictionary

  1. becarve
  2. becarved
  3. becarves
  4. becarving
  5. becassocked
  6. becast
  7. becasting
  8. becastled
  9. becasts
  10. becatch
  11. becatches

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Adapted from Wiktionary: becast (page history and authors); becast (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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