backcast

noun

  1. A cast or throw back.

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

  3. Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.

  4. Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.

  5. Retrospect; hindsight.

  6. Backwater

verb

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

  2. To change retrospectively; reverse.

adjective

  1. Retrospective.

adverb

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

Synonyms: of old, way back