Reawaken
(verb)
- To cause to wake up from sleep again.
- To cause to become active or alive again.
Origin:
From the prefix "re-" meaning "again" or "back" and the verb "awaken" which means "to cause to wake up from sleep".
Examples:
- The sudden noise reawakened the sleeping baby.
- The warm sunshine reawakened the dormant plants in the garden.
- His love for her reawakened after many years of being apart.
- The new evidence reawakened the interest in the cold case.
- The old memories reawakened a deep longing in her.