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verb

Arrive v. t.

To bring to shore. (Obs.) "And made the sea-trod ship arrive them."

To reach; to come to. (Archaic) "Ere he arrive the happy isle." "Ere we could arrive the point proposed." "Arrive at last the blessed goal."

Arrive v. i. (past & past part. arrived; pres. part. arriving)

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." "(AEneas) sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived... and landed in the country of Laurentum." "There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich."

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." "We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts." "If at great things thou wouldst arrive."

To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.

To happen or occur. (Archaic) "Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives."

noun

Arrive n. Arrival. (Obs.) "How should I joy of thy arrive to hear!"

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"Arrive" Quotes from Famous Books

... wife and that red-headed chap out to Arizona or California and I will set you up in the sheep business. I've got herds coming north now, but I'll turn a thousand back in your name, and by the time you arrive they will be on the southern range. ...

— The Free Range • Francis William Sullivan

... and I seem to be running a race which shall return to you first. I was compelled to leave Berlin before my long-delayed correspondence could arrive from London, and now it seems probable that I must leave Zuerich before it can follow me from Berlin. As a consequence I have not heard from you for weeks—not since your letter about your friend, you remember—and I am in agonies of impatience to know what has ...

— The Eternal City • Hall Caine

... which times his swiftness usually carried him into safety. But woe the dog that outran his fellows in such pursuit! White Fang had learned to turn suddenly upon the pursuer that was ahead of the pack and thoroughly to rip him up before the pack could arrive. This occurred with great frequency, for, once in full cry, the dogs were prone to forget themselves in the excitement of the chase, while White Fang never forgot himself. Stealing backward glances as he ran, he was always ready to whirl around and ...

— White Fang • Jack London

... entering, those repaired— Kali and Dwapara—to Nala's house, And haunted in Nishadha, where he ruled, Seeking occasion 'gainst the blameless Prince. Long watched they; twelve years rolled ere Kali saw The fateful fault arrive; Nishadha's Lord, Easing himself, and sprinkling hands and lips With purifying water, passed to prayer, His feet unwashed, offending. Kali straight Possessed the heedless Raja, entering him. That hour ...

— Hindu Literature • Epiphanius Wilson

... him tell her all about the Palais, which she knew more intimately than the lawyer did. Finally, she inquired at what hour Monsieur Camusot would arrive. ...

— Scenes from a Courtesan's Life • Honore de Balzac

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