to reawake
- verb
- /ˌriːəˈweɪk/
- After a brief nap, I began to reawake and felt refreshed.
Examples
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The flowers will reawake in spring after a long winter.
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We're now seeing the world's second largest economy reawaken while simultaneously being hit by a massive wave of COVID infections.
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As the sun rose, I could feel the warmth slowly reawake my senses.
Synonyms
To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping
To stop sleeping or make someone else stop sleeping
To stop sleeping or make someone else wake up
To make a person conscious again after fainting
To wake someone up and make them alert after sleep
To become awake or aware again
To stop sleeping or make someone stop sleeping
How Awake
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reawake comes from re- 'again' and awake 'wake up'. It means to wake up again after sleep or a quiet time, so a person, place, or interest can reawake and become active again.