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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
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              [[AE]neas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived
              . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum.
                                                    --Holland.
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              There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at
              Ipswich.                              --Macaulay.
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     2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass
        an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning,
        or experiment.
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     To arrive at, or attain to.
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              When he arrived at manhood.           --Rogers.
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              We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the
              generalization of facts.              --McCosh.
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              If at great things thou wouldst arrive. --Milton.
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     3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
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     4. To happen or occur. [Archaic]
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              Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.
                                                    --Waller.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.

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