bring to life
English
Verb
bring to life (third-person singular simple present brings to life, present participle bringing to life, simple past and past participle brought to life)
- To cause to regain consciousness, or return as if from death.
- Synonyms: resuscitate, resurrect
- To make active, lively, or interesting.
- Synonyms: liven, invigorate
- 2022 January 12, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 948, page 70:
- "Reet. Wot fort do? I'm off wom.". No, we're not speaking a foreign language, although the bulk of readers could be forgiven for thinking so. Rather, for those in the know, it is of course a typical example of 'Wiganese' dialect, which has been brought to life by an Avanti West Coast-funded mural in the underpass of Wigan North Western station.
- (of a fictional character or inanimate object) To cause to be alive or real.
References
- “bring to life”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.