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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But in late 2013 NASA reawakened the spacecraft, rechristened as Near-Earth Object Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE)—a reference to its new quarry, asteroids with orbits that send them swooping within the general vicinity of our planet.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 July 2024
The experience and the years of exploration since helped to reawaken her spiritual side, reminding her of her Indian heritage by revisiting the myriad ancient practices she had been exposed to as child.
—Natascha Hawke, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2024
Even though the Soviet Union collapsed, the threat posed by Vladimir Putin has reawakened everyone’s anxiety.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2024
Anyone reading the recent books on prison abolition will be reawakened to the frequent brutality, grotesque ironies, and ingrained indifference of our carceral system.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 31 July 2024
The experience and the years of exploration since helped to reawaken her spiritual side, reminding her of her Indian heritage by revisiting the myriad ancient practices she had been exposed to as child.
—Natascha Hawke, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2024
Even though the Soviet Union collapsed, the threat posed by Vladimir Putin has reawakened everyone’s anxiety.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 28 July 2024
Anyone reading the recent books on prison abolition will be reawakened to the frequent brutality, grotesque ironies, and ingrained indifference of our carceral system.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
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“Reawaken.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reawaken. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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