Definition of "come to life" []

• To bring back to life; revitalize, revive, resurrect (verb)
• To become alive, bring into existence (verb)
• To appear as if alive (verb)
• To start to become energetic. (verb)

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• "When he left the telephone booth, he could not help smiling as Fernande, who had suddenly come to life again, was making animated conversation with Lapointe, who did not know quite how to react."
• "Rashi came to be considered almost the regenerator of Talmudic studies, and in the following generation Eliezer ben Xathan said with pious admiration: "His lips were the seat of wisdom, and thanks to him the Law, which he examined and interpreted, has come to life again.""
• "For it is the wont of the composer-singer, when he has died as Antony, to come to life again and conduct the rest of his opera at the clavecin."