— arriver , n.
/euh ruyv"/ , v. , arrived, arriving .
v.i.
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.
v.t.
5. Obs. to reach; come to.
6. 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.
[ 1175-1225; ME a ( r ) riven a ( r ) river arripare to come to land, v. deriv. of L ad ripam to the riverbank; cf. RIVER 1 ]