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