reawaken
verb
re·awak·en
(ˌ)rē-ə-ˈwā-kən 
reawakened; reawakening; reawakens
: 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
J. K. Rowling
reawakening
noun
plural reawakenings
a spiritual reawakening
The Taylor demo … signals a reawakening of militant activism in New York.
—Sarah Ferguson
Sarah Ferguson
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Still, his detective instincts are ultimately reawakened, and his new department becomes a magnet for a crew of misfits and mavericks.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
For Opa-locka, whose Moorish Revival architecture is unlike anything else in the region, that belonging is also a kind of reawakening.
—Carmen F De Terenzio, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
The team directly compared the DNA of inducible (active) and non-inducible (dormant) viruses to see whether dormant ones might someday reawaken.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
But even if the corner-kick excitement that Mourinho noted two decades ago has been reawakened — short corners are down too, significantly — is this the football that people want to see?
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
For Opa-locka, whose Moorish Revival architecture is unlike anything else in the region, that belonging is also a kind of reawakening.
—Carmen F De Terenzio, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
The team directly compared the DNA of inducible (active) and non-inducible (dormant) viruses to see whether dormant ones might someday reawaken.
—New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2025
But even if the corner-kick excitement that Mourinho noted two decades ago has been reawakened — short corners are down too, significantly — is this the football that people want to see?
—Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Reawaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reawaken. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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