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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ARRI'VE, v.i. [L. ripa.]
1. Literally, to come to the shore, or bank. Hence to come to or reach in progress by water, followed by at. We arrived at Havre De Grace, July 10, 1924. N.W.
2. To come to or reach by traveling on land; as, the post arrives at 7 o'clock.
3. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass by effort, practice, study, enquiry, reasoning or experiment; as, to arrive at an unusual degree of excellence or wickedness; to arrive at a conclusion.
4. To happen or occur.
He to whom this glorious death arrives.
ARRI'VE, v.t. To reach. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "She arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight" [syn: arrive, get, come] [ant: go away, go forth, leave]
2: succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!" [syn: arrive, make it, get in, go far]

Merriam Webster's

intransitive verb (arrived; arriving) Etymology: Middle English ariven, from Anglo-French ariver, from Vulgar Latin *arripare to come to shore, from Latin ad- + ripa shore — more at rive Date: 13th century 1. a. to reach a destination b. to make an appearance <the guests have arrived> 2. a. archaic happen b. to be near in time ; come <the moment has arrived> 3. to achieve success • arriver noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v.intr. (often foll. by at, in) 1 reach a destination; come to the end of a journey or a specified part of a journey (arrived in Tibet; arrived at the station; arrived late). 2 (foll. by at) reach (a conclusion, decision, etc.). 3 colloq. establish one's reputation or position. 4 colloq. (of a child) be born. 5 (of a thing) be brought (the flowers have arrived). 6 (of a time) come (her birthday arrived at last). Etymology: ME f. OF ariver, ult. as AD- + L ripa shore

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Arrive Ar*rive", n. Arrival. [Obs.] --Chaucer. How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! --Drayton.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(arrives, arriving, arrived) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. When a person or vehicle arrives at a place, they come to it at the end of a journey. Fresh groups of guests arrived... The Princess Royal arrived at Gatwick this morning from Jamaica. ? depart VERB: V, V prep/adv 2. When you arrive at a place, you come to it for the first time in order to stay, live, or work there. ...in the old days before the European settlers arrived in the country. VERB: V prep/adv 3. When something such as letter or meal arrives, it is brought or delivered to you. Breakfast arrived while he was in the bathroom. VERB: V 4. When something such as a new product or invention arrives, it becomes available. Several long-awaited videos will finally arrive in the shops this month... = appear VERB: V 5. When a particular moment or event arrives, it happens, especially after you have been waiting for it or expecting it. The time has arrived when I need to give up smoking. ...the belief that the army would be much further forward before winter arrived. VERB: V, V 6. When you arrive at something such as a decision, you decide something after thinking about it or discussing it. ...if the jury cannot arrive at a unanimous decision... VERB: V at n

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a-riv': Originally a nautical term (Latin: ad ripam) for reaching shore, is used in the literal sense in Lu 8:26, and, in the figurative sense for Greek phthano, instead of "attain to," the Revised Version (British and American) in Ro 9:31.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Come, get here, reach this place. 2. Get there, reach that place, get to one's destination, get to the end one's journey.

Moby Thesaurus

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