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Webster 1913 Edition
Arrival
1.
The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or by land.
Our watchmen from the towers, with longing eyes,
Expect his swift
Expect his swift
arrival
. Dryden.
2.
The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in natural course;
as, our
. arrival
at this conclusion was wholly unexpected3.
The person or thing arriving or which has arrived;
as, news brought by the last
. arrival
Another
arrival
still more important was speedily announced. Macaulay.
4.
An approach.
[Obs.]
The house has a corner
arrival
. H. Walpole.
Webster 1828 Edition
Arrival
ARRI'VAL
, n.1.
The coming to, or reaching a place, from a distance, whether by water, as in its original sense, or by land.2.
The attainment or gaining of any object, by effort, agreement, practice or study.