ARRIVE

arrive. Arrive, v.i. to come to or reach a place, to gain

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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. 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.
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. 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. 3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
4. 4. To happen or occur.
Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. Waller.