v. Obs. [f. BE- 4 + CAST v.]
1. trans. To cover or surround, by casting something about.
c. 1300. St. Brandan, 92. Hi leten hem diȝte a gret schip, and above hit al bi-caste With bole huden.
c. 1500. Egyncourte, 272, in E. P. P. (Hazl.), II. 104. The frenchemen our kynge about becaste With batayles stronge on euery side.
2. intr. To cast about, plan, plot.
1563. Myrr. Mag., Rich. III., xiv. Becast them to kyl by smothering in theyr bed.
