Good quality fur takes a time to come to life (9)
I believe the answer is:
germinate
'come to life' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'good quality fur takes a time' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'quality fur' becomes 'ermine'.
'takes' is an insertion indicator.
'time' becomes 't'.
'a'+'t'='at'
'ermine' going around 'at' is 'erminate'.
'g'+'erminate'='GERMINATE'
'to' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for germinate that I've seen before include "Mere giant (anag) - start to grow" , "Put forth shoots, develop and grow" , "Start to grow - a regiment (anag)" , "come to life" , "Sprout as in a regiment" .)