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