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to reawaken

to reawaken

10 5.1
To become awake or aware again
  • verb
  • /riːəˈweɪkən/
translation icon : reavivar
  • And you slowly begin to reawaken yourself... ...with small movements.
  • reawakened interest

In doing so, it reawakens us to selection as another way of constructing a self, a career, and uvra.

Examples

  • In providing these, teachers may reawaken and strengthen a troubled child's own internal capacity to be trusting.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Here, students need to be prodded and inveigled to reawaken their literary imaginations.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Then something will reawaken interest.

    Academic text (2009)
  • He will, but it's up to you to reawaken his feelings.

  • It just needs someone to reawaken it.

  • And through practice and meditation, you can reawaken it, you can extend it, and it can become your way of living and moving in the world.

  • His words seem to reawaken dormant maternal sensibilities.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • What seems to me to underline all the debates about history today is a reawakened sense of the fundamental temporality of human existence.

    Academic text (1992)
  • Being a Project ASTRO astronomer has reawakened Jacoby's appreciation for astronomy, and especially for Project ASTRO.

    Academic text (2000)
  • A trip to this magical Spanish city will reawaken feelings you thought were long dead.

Synonyms

to restore
vsto reawaken
234 3.8

Make someone feel healthy and full of energy again

is about arousing awareness or interest rather than full repair
to bring back
vsto reawaken
143 3.0

Make someone remember something from the past

focuses on restoring alertness and interest rather than memory recall
to renew
vsto reawaken
94 3.7

Start again after a pause, often a relationship or activity

is about returning awareness or alertness rather than broad renewal
to revive
vsto reawaken
71 4.1

To make a person conscious again after fainting

covers waking or arousing awareness beyond medical unconsciousness
to refresh
vsto reawaken
50 2.8

Make someone or something feel full of energy and less tired

focuses on regaining alert awareness rather than general fresh feeling
to revitalize
vsto reawaken
  • US
45 4.8

To give new life and energy to something

is narrower, stressing arousal from indifference or sleep rather than repair
to resurrect
vsto reawaken
42 6.8

Bring something back into use after it was forgotten

stresses arousing awareness or interest rather than merely reintroducing use
to awaken
vsto reawaken
35 3.7

To make someone become aware of something for the first time

involves returning awareness or arousal rather than first-time realization
to rekindle
vsto reawaken
33 5.1

Make a feeling or interest strong again

emphasizes returning alert awareness rather than only emotional revival
to reinvigorate
vsto reawaken
19 5.7

To give new energy and interest to a person or thing

focuses on becoming awake or aware again rather than only energizing
to reanimate
vsto reawaken
16 7.2

To bring back life and energy to a person or thing

is specifically about arousing awareness or interest again
to reignite
vsto reawaken
15 4.6

To make an interest, feeling, or activity start again after it stopped

is about regaining wakeful awareness rather than restarting general processes
to bring back to life
vsto reawaken
9 4.8

To make people and things alive or working again

is usually about arousing awareness or interest rather than literal life only
to upraise
vsto reawaken
  • Archaic
5 9.9

To bring something dead back to life

is practical and modern, about waking awareness or attention again
to recall
vsto reawaken
5 3.4

Bring someone's attention back from daydreaming

is about arousing awareness broadly, not only redirecting attention
to reenergize
vsto reawaken
  • US
3 4.1

To give new energy and enthusiasm to a person or thing

centres on returning conscious notice rather than boosting energy alone
to revivify
vsto reawaken
  • Formal
1 8.5

To give new life and energy to people or things

is more about arousal of attention and awareness after dullness
to reawake
vsto reawaken
6.1

Make a feeling, interest, or memory strong again

focuses on returning awareness after sleep, inactivity, or indifference
to restimulate
vsto reawaken
5.3

Make something active again, for example the economy or your interest

is narrower, stressing return of conscious awareness or attention
to relight
vsto reawaken
5.1

Make a feeling, interest, or memory come back

is about arousing awareness or alert interest rather than memory only
to reinstill
vsto reawaken
  • US
5.9

Bring a feeling, idea or quality back into people

focuses on reawakening awareness rather than simply reintroducing ideas
to reinspire
vsto reawaken
5.6

To make someone feel excited and ready to try new things

is about arousing general awareness or attention rather than inspiring only
to refreshen
vsto reawaken
  • Archaic
4.3

To make something feel new and alive again

emphasizes returning to wakeful attention rather than only freshness

Antonyms

1.0

Choose not to pay attention to someone or something

376 1.0

To start sleeping

How Awake

to awaken
73 1.8
to reawaken
10 5.1
to rouse
28 3.4
to arouse
57 4.1
to stir
75 1.0

Surface Forms

reawaken infinitive
reawakened past
reawakened past participle
reawakening present participle
reawakens third person singular

Morphology

reawaken = awaken (transparent) = re + awake + en

Adding 're-' to 'awaken' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'awaken again' or 'become awake again'.

Etymology

Reawaken is made of re- meaning 'again' and awaken meaning 'to wake up', so it literally means 'wake up again'. That's why reawaken is used when feelings, memories, or life come back after a time of sleep or quiet.