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arrival|əˈraɪvəl|
Forms: 4 aryvayle, arrivaile, 5 ariuaill, -vall, arryuayll, aryvell, 6–7 arrivall, 7– arrival.
[a. AF. arrivaille landing, f. arriver: see arrive v. and -al2.]
1. The act of coming to shore, landing in a country, disembarkation. (Now merged in sense 3.)
c1384Chaucer H. Fame 451 Tho saugh I grave [= pictured] al the aryvayle That Eneas had in Itayle. c1400Destr. Troy xiv. (title) Stronge fight at þe Ariuaill. 1494Fabyan i. i. 7 Y⊇ Geauntes that Brute founde in this Ile at his arryuayll. 1610Holland Camden's Brit. 259 That the Normans might have..more secure arrivall in England. 1702C. Mather Magn. Christi i. iv. (1852) 70 They set apart the sixth day of August, after their arrival, for fasting and prayer.
†2. A landing-place; = arrivage 2. Obs. rare.
1495Act 11 Hen. VII, v, The Portys Havens Ryvers Crekis and aryvell of Shippis..be..hurte and dekaied.
3. gen. The act of coming to the end of a journey, to a destination, or to some definite place; appearance upon the scene. (For const. see arrive v. 5.) Also attrib., esp. in connection with the place (platform) or time at which a train arrives at a station, or an aeroplane at an airport.
1518Wolsey in Strype Eccl. Mem. I. i. 21 Your arrival to that reame. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, i. iii. 8 Demand of yonder Champion The cause of his arriuall heere in Armes. 1616Forde Serm. 77 The time of her arrival into this countrey. 1711Addison Spect. No. 123 ⁋5 The Morning after his Arrival at the House. 1720T. Boston Hum. Nature (1812) 326 Their arrival in the regions of bliss. 1838F. W. Simms Public Wks. Gt. Brit. 2 On the opposite side an arrival stage or platform is erected. 1879S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Pal. xxvi. 517 The Natives..on our arrival, civilly gave way for us. 1886Encycl. Brit. XX. 235/2 The two general arrival platforms, one on each side of the cab road, are 721 feet long by 12½ wide. 1897Westm. Gaz. 31 Dec. 3/3 It is the arrival time, the departure being timed several minutes later. 1903Ibid. 25 Mar. 6/3 A new wide roadway for carriages..will be used by arrival passengers. 1967P. Loraine W.I.L. One to Curtis xii. 216 He..told the taxi-driver to take him straight past the main entrance and deposit him at the Arrival department. 1968Listener 20 June 806/1 Gate Number 9 at Heathrow's arrival lounge.
4. transf. of things. for arrival: (a cargo) to be delivered when the ship arrives. ‘arrival’ is also techn. used to describe such a cargo.
1712Addison Spect. No. 452 ⁋2 Our Time lies heavy on our Hands till the Arrival of a fresh mail. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §12. 90 To await the arrival of the money. 1882Daily Tel. 4 May (Markets), But for arrival a steamer cargo..was sold at 7s. 3d. 1882Manch. Guard. 10 Mar., The brokerage on ‘arrivals’ should be reduced.
5. The coming to a position, state of mind, stage of development, etc. Cf. arrive v. 7, 8.
Mod. There was long debate, but no arrival at any agreement.
6. One that arrives or has arrived.
1847Tennyson Princess ii. 82 To-day the Lady Psyche will harangue The fresh arrivals. Mod. The new arrival is a little daughter. |