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

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

What needs to be reawakened within you first? —Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025

This is your call to reawaken your curiosity and let your beliefs evolve with you. —Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 30 Sep. 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