backcast

(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)

adjective

1. (Britain dialectal) Retrospective.

adverb

1. (Britain dialectal, of time) Long ago; in the past.

noun

1. A cast or throw back.

2. A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.

3. (figuratively) Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.

4. (Britain dialectal) Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.

5. (Britain dialectal) Retrospect; hindsight.

6. (Britain dialectal) backwater

verb

1. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future.

2. (Britain dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse.