What does "arrive" mean?
Arrive: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
- 3.To happen or occur. [Archaic] Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. Waller.
- 4.To bring to shore. [Obs.] And made the sea-trod ship arrive them. Chapman.
- 5.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.
- 6.Arrival. [Obs.] Chaucer. How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! Drayton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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