arrive

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Æneas ] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

To arrive at, or attain to. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he arrived at manhood. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts. McCosh. [ 1913 Webster ]

If at great things thou wouldst arrive. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To happen or occur. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]