arrivev. i.[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.(Shak.)[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.()Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives. (Waller.)v. t.1. To bring to shore.()And made the sea-trod ship arrive them. (Chapman.)2. To reach; to come to.()Ere he arrive the happy isle. (Milton.)Ere we could arrive the point proposed. (Shak.)Arrive at last the blessed goal. (Tennyson.)n. Arrival.(Chaucer.)How should I joy of thy arrive to hear! (Drayton.)