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OE Phoenix 367 Hwæþre eft [fenix] cymeð aweaht wrætlice wundrum to life.

c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Laud) (1901) 113 (MED) For yf þou come to liue [v.r. were alyue], With suerdes..We sholde alle deye.

1525 tr. H. von Brunschwig Noble Experyence Vertuous Handy Warke Surg. sig. I iv Wilhelmus thoughte he had be dede bycause he felyd no wynde come from him and he halpe hym that he came to lyfe.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (2nd issue) iii. i. 78 A man may prophecie, With a neere ayme of the maine chance of things, As yet not come to life.

1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 35 I have observed, that the small, and scarce-sensible seed, which it [sc. the silkworm] casts, comes not to life and disclosure untill the mulbery..yeelds her leafe.

1672 R. Wiseman Treat. Wounds i. ix. 113 We bled him till he came to life.

1728 P. Aubin Life & Adventures Young Count Albertus iii. 66 Poor Eudoxia swooned at the News. She truly loved the inconstant Count, and coming to Life, fell at his Feet.

1753 Philos. Trans. 1751–2 (Royal Soc.) 47 54 They [sc. flies and butterflies] came to life after a syncope of longer duration.

1857 C. M. Sedgwick Married or Single? iv. 53 She perceived Letty coming to life again under the tender ministrations of the Steinbergs.

1876 S. Warner Daisy in Field xiv. 173 That hedgehog of thoughts began to stir and unfold and come to life.

1910 D. Fairbridge That which hath Been xxiii. 275 On the stoep of his pastorie sat the minister,..watching Dorp Straat come to life after its mid-day sleep.

1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan ix. 116 The saint handed him a crane made of paper which, when mounted, came to life and carried Sentaro across the ocean.

1957 J. Braine Room at Top (1960) 61 You're most awkward with Anne and Johnny. But with Alice you really come to life.

2007 Chesapeake Bay June 23/2 Feel the seventies come to life as R&B hitmakers The Stylistics, The Delfonics, The Blue Notes, and The Intruders take the stage.