arriving

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

[[AE]neas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum.— Holland.[1913 Webster]
There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at Ipswich.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

2.To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment. [1913 Webster]

To arrive at, or attain to. [1913 Webster]

When he arrived at manhood.— Rogers.[1913 Webster]
We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the generalization of facts.— McCosh.[1913 Webster]
If at great things thou wouldst arrive.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.To come; said of time; as, the time arrived. [1913 Webster]

4.To happen or occur. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.— Waller.[1913 Webster]

arriving \arriving\ adj. prenom. directed or moving inward or toward a center; as, arriving trains.

Syn: inbound, inward. [WordNet 1.5]

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