reawaken

/ (ˌriːəˈweɪkən) /

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verb

to emerge or rouse from sleep

to become or make aware of (something) again

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THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

candystring

candyfloss

candypuff

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Words nearby reawaken

reattribute, Réaum., Réaumur, Réaumur scale, reave, reawaken, reb, rebab, rebadge, rebar, rebarbative

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How to use reawaken in a sentence

When Mercury hits Virgo, on Friday, it will reawaken dormant conflicts with loved ones.
Your Week: What the Stars Hold|Starsky + Cox|September 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
You just might reawaken their dreams or even one of your own, and one day when you least expect it, you will dream big again.
Death of the American Dream?|Rabbi Sherre Hirsch|January 8, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Some felt it would reawaken, as one survivor wrote, "all the feelings of horror that are churning in our hearts."
New York Needs a Terror Trial|Karen Greenberg|February 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Why did she come here to reawaken her desire for a life impossible after the avowal she was forced to make?
The Nabob|Alphonse Daudet

Originally, he endeavoured to reawaken the memory of the sexual trauma by means of the induction of profound hypnosis.
The Sexual Life of the Child|Albert Moll
The savage war dance is a dramatic representation of battle and as such serves to rouse and reawaken the warlike spirit.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology|Robert E. Park
The storm in the heavens will pass by, but the tempest caused by a raging mob will reawaken with double fury.
"Unto Caesar"|Baroness Emmuska Orczy
And Chicot disappeared so rapidly as almost to reawaken the king's fears as to whether he were a shade or not.
The Forty-Five Guardsmen|Alexandre Dumas

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