Meanings
verbreawaken (third-person singular simple present reawakens, present participle reawakening, simple past and past participle reawakened)
present singular third person reawakens · participle present reawakening · participle past reawakened · past reawakened
- transitiveTo reactivate or reanimate.
Daisy Ridley has reawakened the debate over “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’s” biggest reveal, saying that the character of Rey’s lineage wasn’t clear to her even partway through filming the final chapter of the trilogy.
2020 September 9, Brian Lowry, “Daisy Ridley reawakens the ‘Star Wars’ debate over Rey’s lineage”, in CNN, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2026
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Englishawaken
- Englishreawaken
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Cite this entry
APA
reawaken. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reawaken
MLA
“reawaken.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reawaken. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reawaken,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reawaken.
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