Definition

Verb: 1. To awaken again; to become active, conscious, or aware once more after a period of inactivity or dormancy. 2. To cause (a feeling, memory, interest, etc.) to become active or vivid again.

Usage

The verb "reawaken" is used to describe the process of something becoming active or conscious for a second or subsequent time. It is often used with abstract nouns like feelings, memories, or interests. It can be used both transitively (with a direct object) and intransitively (without a direct object).

Examples

• Transitive use (with an object):
  • The old photograph reawakened her longing for home.
  • The speech aimed to reawaken public interest in environmental issues.
  • That smell reawakens childhood memories.
• Intransitive use (without an object):
  • After a long winter, the garden reawakens in the spring.
  • His passion for painting reawakened after he visited the art museum.
  • A sense of hope reawakened in the community.

Advanced Usage

• "to reawaken to something": To become aware of or sensitive to something again.
  • After the crisis, the nation reawakened to the importance of local industry.
• The word often carries a connotation of a positive or significant revival, rather than a simple repetition.

Variants and Related Words

• Reawakening (noun): The act or process of reawakening.
  • The reawakening of his artistic spirit was a joy to see.

Synonyms

• Revive: To return to consciousness or life.
• Reinvigorate: To give new energy or strength to.
• Reanimate: To restore to life or activity.
• Resurrect: To bring back into use or attention.

Phrasal Verbs

• Reawaken to: (As shown in Advanced Usage) To become conscious or aware of something again.

Verb

1. awaken once again