To arrive at

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            [[AE]neas] sailing with a fleet from Sicily, arrived
            . . . and landed in the country of Laurentum.
                                                  --Holland.
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            There was no outbreak till the regiment arrived at
            Ipswich.                              --Macaulay.
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   2. To reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass
      an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning,
      or experiment.
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   {To arrive at}, or attain to.
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            When he arrived at manhood.           --Rogers.
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            We arrive at knowledge of a law of nature by the
            generalization of facts.              --McCosh.
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            If at great things thou wouldst arrive. --Milton.
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   3. To come; said of time; as, the time arrived.
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   4. To happen or occur. [Archaic]
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            Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives.
                                                  --Waller.
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