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arriving |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: arriving adj : directed or moving inward or toward a center; "the inbound train"; "inward flood of capital" [syn: {arriving(a)}, {inbound}, {inward}]
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