reawaken

verb

re·​awak·​en (ˌ)rē-ə-ˈwā-kən 

reawakened; reawakening; reawakens

transitive + intransitive

: to awaken (someone or something) again

a photo that reawakened past memories

a movie that has reawakened interest in their story

Harry's temporarily stupefied brain seemed to reawaken.

—J. K. Rowling

reawakening noun

plural reawakenings

a spiritual reawakening

The Taylor demo … signals a reawakening of militant activism in New York.

—Sarah Ferguson

Examples of reawaken in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As the floodwaters recede, large swathes of green — reawakened desert life — continue to emerge across the outback, NASA photos show. —Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 14 May 2025

Fahy, who recently starred in Universal thriller Drop, is set to play Jenny Cochrane, a woman whose perfect life is shattered by the return of her estranged son, which reawakens a terrifying secret buried in her bloodline. —Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 7 May 2025

His charisma of welcome and listening, combined with a manner of behavior in keeping with today’s sensitivities, touched hearts and sought to reawaken moral and spiritual sensibilities. —Abc News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2025

But there have also been moments that reawakened his inner child, who is, of course, a diehard ‘Sawx’ fan. —Gabrielle Starr, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1708, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for reawaken

• godforsaken
• overtaken
• undertaken
• awaken
• betaken
• forsaken
• mistaken
• partaken
• retaken
• unshaken
• shaken
• taken