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. 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. 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.