Definition of ARRIVE. Meaning of ARRIVE. Synonyms of ARRIVE
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Definition of ARRIVE
Arrive Arrive Ar*rive", v. 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. --Shak.
Arrive at last the blessed goal. --Tennyson.
Arrive Arrive Ar*rive", n.
Arrival. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! --Drayton.
Arrive Arrive Ar*rive", v. 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.
[[AE]neas] 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.
