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Definition of Come to life

1. Verb. Be born or come into existence. "All these flowers come to life when the rains come"

2. Verb. Be lifelike, as of a painting. "If you look at it long enough, this portrait comes to life!"

Definition of Come to life

1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) to bring back to life; revitalize, revive, resurrect ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) to become alive, bring into existence ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) to appear as if alive ¹

4. Verb. to start to become energetic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Come To Life

come stà come the acid come the raw prawn come thick and fast come through come to come to Jesus come to a close come to a head come to an end

come to blows come to grief come to grips come to grips with come to hand come to life (current term) come to light come to mention it come to mind come to nothing

come to nought come to oneself come to papa come to power come to someone's rescue come to terms come to terms with come to the fore come to think of it

Literary usage of Come to life

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life and Letters of Francis Lieber by Francis Lieber, Thomas Sergeant Perry (1882)
"It was to me like the meeting of shades we read of, like history come to life again in small details. TO FRANZ VON HOLTZENDORFF. THE DAT OF SEDAN, 1871. ..."

2. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"How was he to come to life again ? Obviously the best, if not the only way, was to set another and living man to support the character of the reviving god, ..."

3. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead by James George Frazer (1913)
"Meantime the frog had set off to tell God that when men died they would like not to come to life again. Nobody had asked him to give that message ; it was a ..."

4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1867)
"Herring ova, it has been stated—but of course erroneously—come to life in about a fortnight. A Billingsgate fishmonger once asserted that salmon roc hatches ..."

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