English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Arride
(v. t.)
To please; to gratify.
Arriere
(n.)
"That which is behind"; the rear; -- chiefly used as an
adjective in the sense of behind, rear, subordinate.
Arriere-ban
(n.)
A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not
only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories,
to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable
to be called to arms, as in ancient France.
Arris
(n.)
The sharp edge or salient angle formed by two surfaces
meeting each other, whether plane or curved; -- applied particularly to
the edges in moldings, and to the raised edges which separate the
flutings in a Doric column.
Arrish
(n.)
The stubble of wheat or grass; a stubble field; eddish.
Arriswise
(adv.)
Diagonally laid, as tiles; ridgewise.
Arrival
(n.)
The attainment or reaching of any object, by effort, or in
natural course; as, our arrival at this conclusion was wholly
unexpected.
Arrival
(n.)
The person or thing arriving or which has arrived; as,
news brought by the last arrival.
Arrival
(n.)
An approach.
Arrival
(n.)
The act of arriving, or coming; the act of reaching a
place from a distance, whether by water (as in its original sense) or
by land.
Arrivance
(n.)
Arrival.
Arrive
(v. t.)
To bring to shore.
Arrive
(n.)
Arrival.
Arrive
(v. t.)
To reach; to come to.
Arrive
(v. i.)
To happen or occur.
Arrive
(v. i.)
To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or
compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or
experiment.
Arrive
(v. i.)
To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
Arrive
(v. i.)
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
(imp. & p. p.)
of Arrive
Arriver
(n.)
One who arrives.