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ar⋅rive

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verb, -rived, -riv⋅ing.

–verb (used without object)

1.	to come to a certain point in the course of travel; reach one's destination: He finally arrived in Rome.

2.	to come to be near or present in time: The moment to act has arrived.

3.	to attain a position of success, power, achievement, fame, or the like: After years of hard work, she has finally arrived in her field.

4.	Archaic. to happen: It arrived that the master had already departed.

–verb (used with object)

5.	Obsolete. to reach; come to.

—Verb phrase

arrive at,

a.	to come to a place after traveling; reach.

b.	to attain the objective in a course or process: to arrive at a conclusion.

Origin:
1175–1225; ME a(r)riven < OF a(r)river < VL *arrīpāre to come to land, v. deriv. of L ad rīpam to the riverbank; cf. river ¹

Related forms:

ar⋅riv⋅er, noun

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ar⋅ri⋅vé

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–noun, plural -vés Audio Help [-veyz; Fr. -vey]

a person who has swiftly gained wealth, status, success, or fame.

Origin:
1920–25; < F: lit., arrived, n. use of ptp. of arriver to arrive

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ar·rive Audio Help (ə-rīv')

intr.v. ar·rived, ar·riv·ing, ar·rives

To reach a destination.
To come at length; take place: The day of reckoning has arrived.
To achieve success or recognition: He had finally arrived as a designer.

Phrasal Verb(s):
arrive at To reach through effort or a process: arrive at a decision after much thought.

[Middle English ariven, from Old French ariver, from Vulgar Latin *arrīpāre, to reach the shore : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin rīpa, shore.]
ar·riv'er n.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
arrive

1205, from O.Fr. ariver "to come to land," from V.L. *arripare "to touch the shore," from L. ad ripam "to the shore," from ad "to" + ripa "shore," with an original meaning of coming ashore after a long voyage. Sense of "to come to a position or state of mind" is from 1393.

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arrive
verb
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" [ant: go away]
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!"

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Arrive

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.

[[AE]neas] 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. [Archaic]

Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. --Waller.

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