# cast about

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To try to find; look around; search.
2. To plan; plot; contrive.

## Etymology
From cast (“to try”) + about, perhaps dissimulated from becast (“to cast about, plot”). Compare also Old English costian (“to try, examine”). More at cast, costen.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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