arrive

Definitions

1. 1.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.
2. 2.To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
3. 3.To happen or occur. [Archaic] Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. Waller.
4. 4.To bring to shore. [Obs.] And made the sea-trod ship arrive them. Chapman.
5. 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. 6.Arrival. [Obs.] Chaucer. How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! Drayton.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is arrive.

• What is to come; said of time; as, the time arrived called?
• What is to happen or occur. [Archaic] Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. Waller called?
• What is to bring to shore. [Obs.] And made the sea-trod ship arrive them. Chapman called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is arrival. [Obs.] Chaucer. How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! Drayton called?