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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

... buildings, and was allowed to inspect the Navy Yards at Washington and Brooklyn, and the fortifications in this city and elsewhere. Unfortunately, the expected remittance from Russia failed, from some unknown reason, to arrive, and the Baron was forced to appeal to his American friends for loans, and he borrowed, from various persons, sums ranging from $500 to $2,000, and amounting in the aggregate to $25,000 or $30,000. To one gentleman, who had loaned him at various times $1,500, ...

— The Secrets Of The Great City • Edward Winslow Martin

... guest of my father's* at dinner, he came to our house in Berkeley. I cannot say that my very first impression of him was favorable. He was one of many at dinner, and in the drawing-room where we gathered and waited for all to arrive, he made a rather incongruous appearance. It was "preacher's night," as my father privately called it, and Ernest was certainly out of place in the ...

— The Iron Heel • Jack London

... men with the Gatling," ordered the commanding officer, and Hal and his comrades covered the ground as quickly as they could. No opposition was offered to their taking the hill. Here the first regulars to arrive dropped down panting, though Prescott, Hal and Noll remained standing and vigilant. Slowly the rest of the column climbed the hill. After a brief rest the men were set to work fortifying the crest of this little rise ...

— Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines - or, Following the Flag against the Moros • H. Irving Hancock

... told her that he alighted from the coach to walk home; and though she could never have spelt the strange uncouth word, yet she spoke it with pretty slow distinctness to the guard, asking him in her broken English when they should arrive there? Not till four o'clock. Alas! and what might happen before then! Once with him she should have no fear; she was sure that she could bring him round; but what might not happen before he was in her tender care? She was a very capable person in many ways, though so childish and innocent in others. ...

— Wives and Daughters • Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

... him; he was gone. Perhaps he had already joined the file he had just seen. His only hope was to follow them—but how? and how to do it quietly? The afternoon was waning; it would be three or four hours before the down coach would arrive, from which the driver expected assistance. Now, if ever, was ...

— From Sand Hill to Pine • Bret Harte

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