rearouse

verb

re·​arouse (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈrau̇z 

rearoused; rearousing; rearouses

transitive verb

: to awaken, stimulate, or excite (someone or something) for a second or subsequent time : to arouse (someone or something) again

But three new books—two novels and a collection of short stories—may rearouse public attention.

—Anthony Finn

rearousal

(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈrau̇-zəl 

noun

plural rearousals

… when the demands to handle the phobic object increased, their self-reports of anxiety precipitously rose, with the consequence of a rearousal of their fears.

—Donald Meichenbaum

Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above