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1. imp. & p. p. of Cast Source: opted

2. v. t. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel. Source: opted

3. v. t. To direct or turn, as the eyes. Source: opted

4. v. t. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot. Source: opted

5. v. t. To throw down, as in wrestling. Source: opted

6. v. t. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart. Source: opted

7. v. t. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose. Source: opted

8. v. t. To bring forth prematurely; to slink. Source: opted

9. v. t. To throw out or emit; to exhale. Source: opted

10. v. t. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject. Source: opted

11. v. t. To impose; to bestow; to rest. Source: opted

12. v. t. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. Source: opted

13. v. t. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. Source: opted

14. v. t. To contrive; to plan. Source: opted

15. v. t. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages. Source: opted

16. v. t. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice. Source: opted

17. v. t. To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets. Source: opted

18. v. t. To stereotype or electrotype. Source: opted

19. v. t. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part. Source: opted

20. v. i. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook. Source: opted

21. v. i. To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. Source: opted

22. v. i. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons. Source: opted

23. v. i. To calculate; to compute. Source: opted

24. v. i. To receive form or shape in a mold. Source: opted

25. v. i. To warp; to become twisted out of shape. Source: opted

26. v. i. To vomit. Source: opted

27. 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth. Source: opted

28. n. The act of casting or throwing; a throw. Source: opted

29. n. The thing thrown. Source: opted

30. n. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. Source: opted

31. n. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture. Source: opted

32. n. That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm. Source: opted

33. n. The act of casting in a mold. Source: opted

34. n. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern. Source: opted

35. n. That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting. Source: opted

36. n. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance. Source: opted

37. n. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade. Source: opted

38. n. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. Source: opted

39. n. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors. Source: opted

40. n. A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand. Source: opted

41. n. A stoke, touch, or trick. Source: opted

42. n. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint. Source: opted

43. n. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold. Source: opted

44. n. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp. Source: opted

45. n. Contrivance; plot, design. Source: opted

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