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Webster 1913 Edition
Arrive
Ar-rive′
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Arrived
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Arriving
.] [OE.
ariven
to arrive, land, OF. ariver
, F. arriver
, fr. LL. arripare
, adripare
, to come to shore; L. ad
+ ripa
the shore or sloping bank of a river. Cf. Riparian
.] 1.
To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come in progress by water, or by traveling on land; to reach by water or by land; – followed by at (formerly sometimes by to), also by in and from.
“Arrived in Padua.” Shak.
[Æneas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily,
arrived
. . . and landed in the country of Laurentum. Holland.
There was no outbreak till the regiment
arrived
at Ipswich. Macaulay.
2.
To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.
To arrive at
, or attain to.
When he
arrived at
manhood. Rogers.
We
arrive at
knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts. McCosh.
If
at
great things thou wouldst arrive
. Milton.
3.
To come; said of time;
as, the time
. arrived
4.
To happen or occur.
[Archaic]
Happy! to whom this glorious death
arrives
. Waller.
Ar-rive′
,Verb.
T.
1.
To bring to shore.
[Obs.]
And made the sea-trod ship
arrive
them. Chapman.
2.
To reach; to come to.
[Archaic]
Ere he
arrive
the happy isle. Milton.
Ere we could
arrive
the point proposed. Shakespeare
Arrive
at last the blessed goal. Tennyson.
Ar-rive′
,Noun.
Arrival.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
How should I joy of thy
arrive
to hear! Drayton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Arrive
ARRI'VE
,Verb.
I.
1.
Literally, to come to the shore, or bank. Hence to come to or reach in progress by water, followed by at. We arrived at Havre De Grace, July 10, 1924. N.W.2.
To come to or reach by traveling on land; as, the post arrives at 7 o'clock.3.
To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass by effort, practice, study, enquiry, reasoning or experiment; as, to arrive at an unusual degree of excellence or wickedness; to arrive at a conclusion.4.
To happen or occur.He to whom this glorious death arrives.
ARRI'VE
,Verb.
T.