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verb

Arrive v. i. (past & past part. arrived; pres. part. arriving)

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." "(AEneas) sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived... and landed in the country of Laurentum." "There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich."

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." "We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts." "If at great things thou wouldst arrive."

To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.

To happen or occur. (Archaic) "Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives."

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"Arrive at" Quotes from Famous Books

... girl, "for while West may wait until darkness falls to visit the farm, he is equally liable to arrive at any time this afternoon. He has seen us all depart, ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville • Edith Van Dyne

... carefully his works are examined, the more clearly, we think, it will appear that this is the real clue to his whole system, and that he used means different from those used by other philosophers, because he wished to arrive at an end altogether ...

— Critical and Historical Essays Volume 2 • Thomas Babington Macaulay

... arrive at Askatoon before the stroke of the hour, but still he would be too late, for in her pocket now was the Governor's reprieve. The man had slept soundly. His wallet was still in his breast; but the reprieve was ...

— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker

... shall be free; but shall be reasonably supported and educated by the respective owners of their mothers, or by their heirs or representatives, and shall owe reasonable service as apprentices to such owners, heirs, or representatives, until they respectively arrive at the age of years, when they shall be entirely free; and the municipal authorities of Washington and Georgetown, within their respective jurisdictional limits, are hereby empowered and required to make all suitable and necessary provision for enforcing obedience ...

— The Papers And Writings Of Abraham Lincoln, Complete - Constitutional Edition • Abraham Lincoln

... take into account the many opportunities which the Boers gave for successful strategic and tactical employment to men trained to fight on horseback, we arrive at the conclusion that the Boer War may nevertheless, if studied carefully and intelligently, teach us the indispensability of Cavalry in the role so clearly described in ...

— Cavalry in Future Wars • Frederick von Bernhardi

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