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arrive(dictionary)

arrive (iou)



arrive verb. ME.
[Old French ariver (mod. arriver), ult. from Latin ad AR- + ripa shore. Cf. RIVER noun1.]
verb intrans. Come to the end of a journey (orig. by water); reach one's destination or a specified point on a journey; make one's appearance, come on the scene; (of a child, colloq.) be born. (Foll. by at, in, (up)on, into, to.) ME.
P. Sidney We arrived upon the verge of his estate. O. Cromwell Yesterday arrived to me hither your Majesties servants. J. Buchan He arrived before eight o'clock every morning and used to depart at seven. D. H. Lawrence Already the middle of September was here, and the baby had not arrived. T. S. Eliot Perhaps she won't even arrive by this plane. Day Lewis Arriving at the church, he found it filled with a whole tribe of tinkers. L. Hellman Bethe arrived in New Orleans long before I was born.
b. Of a thing: be brought or conveyed. M17.
Dryden Let the rest arrive to the Audience by narration. R. Graves Augustus..had reached Athens when the news arrived. A. J. Cronin Parcels of books began to arrive periodically.
verb trans. Bring (orig. a ship, its crew or passengers) to a destination; land. LME-M18.
G. Chapman And made the sea-trod ship arrive them near The grapeful Crissa.
verb intrans. Come to a position or state of mind; reach an object; attain, achieve, compass, something. Foll. by at, to, to do. LME.
Shakespeare Timon of Athens Many so arrive at second masters Upon their first lord's neck. Swift If such gentlemen arrive to be great scholars. H. Spencer The same conclusion is thus arrived at. T. S. Eliot Contending and contentious orators, who have not even arrived at the articulation of their differences.
verb intrans. Come to a certain stage of development by natural growth, lapse of time, etc. Foll. by at, to. L16.
Shakespeare Henry V Grandsires, babies, and old women, Either past or not arriv'd to pith and puissance. Addison They were each of them arrived at Years of Discretion.
b. Of time: come, so as to be present. M18.
Smollett At length the hour arrived.
verb trans. Come to, reach, land at. arch. E17.
Milton Ere he arrive The happy Ile. Shelley While I ask and hear Whence coming they arrive the ?tnean hill.
verb intrans. Come about, occur, happen. (Foll. by to.) obsolete exc. as passing into sense 4. M17.
Hobbes Causes of all things that have arrived hitherto, or shall arrive hereafter. Henry Fielding Any such event may arrive to a woman.
b. verb trans. Happen to, befall. Only in M17.
Milton Let him also forbear force..lest a worse woe arrive him.
verb intrans. [After mod. French.] Be successful, establish one's position or reputation. L19.
English Studies The book was Herrick's greatest success...With Together Herrick arrived.
arrivance noun = ARRIVAL E17-L19.
arriver noun E17.