Be born or come into existence:
— All these flowers come to life when the rains come.

synonym: come into being.

Roget 359: be alive etc. adj.; live, breathe, respire; subsist etc. (exist) 1; walk the earth, strut and fret one's hour upon the stage" [Macbeth]; be spared.    see the light, be born, come into the world, fetch breath, draw breath, fetch the breath of life, draw the breath of life; quicken; revive; come to life.    give birth to etc. (produce) 161; bring to life, put into life, vitalize; vivify, vivificate^†; reanimate etc. (restore) 660; keep alive, keep body and soul together, keep the wolf from the door; support life.    hive nine lives like a cat.    ... show more

Be lifelike, as of a painting.