come-to

Glistening babies slide out almost silently from beneath, oftentimes into their mothers 'own hands, and come-to on their mothers bellies, at last on the other side.

Jennifer Block: How Women Become Mothers 2008

And I gat her to come-to unto her life again, and I set the lovely tale very swift to ease her, and surely with love and warmth, and kist her with a great joy.

The Night Land 2007

Since this is the come-to place for venting and worrying and action…

Firedoglake » Judge Rules in Libby Case and Other Matters 2006

Then he gigged the horse, turned him, and started back the way they'd come-to have another look at the oil patch, mayhap.

Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

It was the reason she had come-to bring the Elves back into the Westland and to help find a way to put an end to the Shadowen.

The Elf Queen of Shannara Brooks, Terry 1992

Lessa realized that she had, at last, fully accepted her role: as Weyrwoman and as mate, to help F'lar shape men and events for many Turns to come-to secure Pern against the Threads.

DragonFlight McCaffrey, Anne 1968

And I gat her to come-to unto her life again, and I set the lovely tale very swift to ease her, and surely with love and warmth, and kist her with a great joy.

The Night Land: Chapter 11 1912

She had evidently more on her than she could bear; yet it was in vain to try to take it in—the clewline was not strong enough; and they were thinking of cutting away, when another wide yaw and a come-to, snapped the guys, and the swinging boom came in, with a crash, against the lower rigging.

Chapter XXXIII. Cracking on-Progress Homeward-A Pleasant Sunday-A Fine Sight-By-Play 1909

The Italian ship had a crew of thirty men; nearly three times as many as the Alert, which was afterwards on the coast, and was of the same size; yet the Alert would get under weigh and come-to in half the time, and get two anchors, while they were all talking at once—jabbering like a parcel of “Yahoos, ” and running about decks to find their cat-block.

Chapter XVIII. Easter Sunday-“Sail Ho!”-Whales-San Juan-Romance of Hide-Droghing-San Diego Again 1909

No sooner had we come-to, than a strong south-easter, which had been threatening us all day, set in, with heavy rain and a chilly atmosphere.

Chapter XXVI. San Francisco-Monterey 1909