[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

arrive \arrive"\, 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.
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            aeneas sailing with a fleet from sicily, arrived
            . . . and landed in the country of laurentum.
                                                  --holland.
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            there was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at
            ipswich.                              --macaulay.
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   2. to reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass
      an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning,
      or experiment.
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   to arrive at, or attain to.
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            when he arrived at manhood.           --rogers.
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            we arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the
            generalization of facts.              --mccosh.
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            if at great things thou wouldst arrive. --milton.
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   3. to come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
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   4. to happen or occur. archaic
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            happy to whom this glorious death arrives.
                                                  --waller.
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see also:
arrived arriving riparian to arrive at 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

arrive \arrive"\, n.
   arrival. obs. --chaucer.
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         how should i joy of thy arrive to hear  --drayton.
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[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

arrive \arrive"\, v. t.
   1. to bring to shore. obs.
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            and made the sea-trod ship arrive them. --chapman.
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   2. to reach; to come to. archaic
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            ere he arrive the happy isle.         --milton.
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            ere we could arrive the point proposed. --shak.
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            arrive at last the blessed goal.      --tennyson.
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[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

arrive
     v 1: reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress; "she
          arrived home at 7 o'clock"; "she didn't get to chicago
          until after midnight" syn: get, come ant: leave
     2: succeed in a big way; get to the top; "after he published
        his book, he had arrived"; "i don't know whether i can
        make it in science"; "you will go far, my boy" syn: make
        it, get in, go far
see also:
get come leave make it get in go far 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

67 moby thesaurus words for "arrive":
   accomplish, achieve, achieve success, advance, appear, approach,
   arrive at, arrive in, attain, attain to, be a success, be received,
   blow in, bob up, break through, check in, clock in, come, come in,
   come on, come through, come to, come to hand, cut a swath, fetch,
   fetch up at, find, flourish, gain, get, get ahead, get in, get on,
   get there, get to, go, go far, go places, have it made, hit,
   hit town, make, make a breakthrough, make a success, make good,
   make headway, make it, make out, make the grade, make the scene,
   pop up, progress, prosper, pull in, punch in, reach, ring in, rise,
   roll in, score, show, show up, sign in, succeed, thrive, time in,
   turn up

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