repopularize

verb

re·​pop·​u·​lar·​ize (ˌ)rē-ˈpä-pyə-lə-ˌrīz 

repopularized; repopularizing

transitive verb

: to make (something) popular again

After decades of disuse, the term was repopularized in the seventies and eighties …

—Jordan Kisner

But to let people know she was the same old trend-setting Madonna who repopularized the crucifix and the corset, she topped her outfit with a humorous black chapeau, whose brim coyly held her long white veil.

—Amy Wilentz

Word History

First Known Use

1841, in the meaning defined above