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)

1. To cause to regain consciousness, or return as if from death.

   Synonyms: resuscitate, resurrect

2. 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.

3. (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, 2019–2022.