verb #Idioms #English #esl

cast up {v.}, {literary}

1. To turn or direct upward; raise.

The dying missionary cast up his eyes to heaven and prayed.

1. {archaic}
   To do sums; do a problem in addition; add.

Cast up 15, 43, 27, and 18.

When John had all the figures, he cast them up. Categories: archaic literary verb