English Dictionary: arrive | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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. | |
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. [bd]Arrived in Padua.[b8] --Shak. [[92]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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Arrive \Ar*rive"\, n. Arrival. [Obs.] --Chaucer. How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! --Drayton. |