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Taka Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

To life

What does 'to life' mean here?

The coffeemaker has stirred to life.
  

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Taka The coffeemaker has stirred to life. It means it has started to work, or showed signs of working, usually after being dormant for some time.

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  • Taka The coffeemaker has stirred to life.
  • It means it has started to work, or showed signs of working, usually after being dormant for some time.
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TakaThe coffeemaker has stirred to life.
It means it has started to work, or showed signs of working, usually after being dormant for some time.
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So without 'to life', would it lose such implication as showing signs of working, usually after being dormant for some time?
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Taka:

I think it is the whole phrase "stir to life" which has this (idiomatic) meaning.
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It's idiomatic. I see.

I thought the 'to life' in question had the same kind of implication as that of 'bring to life' or 'come to life'.
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Only insofar as coffeemakers are living creatures.
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Yes, it's in the same family-

To bring to life means to rescue someone who was near death.
To come to life means that you do it of your own accord.

To stir to life does not mean that the thing was nearly dead, only asleep.

The city stirs to life early in the morning when people start to arrive for work.
The volcano rumbled and stirred to lif
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AlpheccaStarsYes, it's in the same family-To bring to life means to rescue someone who was near death.To come to life means that you do it of your own accord.To stir to life does not mean that the thing was nearly dead, only asleep.The city stirs to life early in the morning when people start to arrive for work.The volcano rumbled and stirred to life after being dormant f
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Mister MicawberOnly insofar as coffeemakers are living creatures.
Mine seems to have a life of its own.
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