Word Meanings - ARRIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad + ripa the shore or 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 , also by in and

Additional info about word: ARRIVE

arripare, adripare, to come to shore; L. ad + ripa the shore or 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 , 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. 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. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived. 4. To happen or occur. Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. Waller.

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