reinscribe

To reinscribe is to inscribe again—to write, carve, or engrave something anew, or to reaffirm an existing pattern or meaning.

The word appears most often in academic and critical contexts, where systems of power or cultural narratives are said to reinscribe themselves: The film reinscribes traditional gender roles even while claiming to subvert them.

Less abstractly, one might reinscribe a faded monument or reinscribe a name on a memorial.