becast

== 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 ==== because