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arriue

arriue is the obsolete spelling of arrive.

Meaning of arrive

Verb

arrive (third-person singular simple present arrives, present participle arriving, simple past and past participle arrived)

  1. (copulative, intransitive) To reach; to get to a certain place.
    • We've just arrived at the hotel to book in, so we should arrive at Mike’s in time for lunch.
    Synonyms:
    fetch up
  2. (intransitive) To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed.
    • He had finally arrived on Broadway.
  3. (intransitive) To come; said of time.
    • The time has arrived for us to depart.
  4. (intransitive) To happen or occur.
    • Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.1666, Edmund Waller, Instructions to a Painter
  5. (Ireland, UK, intransitive, often, slang, vulgar) To achieve orgasm; to cum; to ejaculate.
  6. (archaic, transitive) To reach; to come to.
    • Ere he arrive the happy isle.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Forms of arriue

third-person singular presentarriues
present participlearriuing
past participlearriued
pastarriued

Questions about arriue

What is arriue the obsolete spelling of?
Arriue is the obsolete spelling of arrive.

Words near arriue in the dictionary

  1. arrish
  2. arrishes
  3. arrisways
  4. arriswise
  5. arriuall
  6. arriue
  7. arriv'd
  8. arrivage
  9. arrivages
  10. arrival
  11. arrival gate

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