Verb

(copulative) To reach; to get to a certain place.

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To obtain a level of success or fame.

* 2002 , Donald Cole, Immigrant City: Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1845-1921 (page 58)

Evidence that the Irish had arrived socially was the abrupt decline in the number of newspaper articles accusing them of brawling and other crimes.

To come; said of time.

The time has arrived for us to depart.

To happen or occur.

* Waller

Happy! to whom this glorious death arrives .

(archaic) To reach; to come to.

* Milton

Ere he arrive the happy isle.

* Shakespeare

Ere we could arrive the point proposed.

* Tennyson

Arrive at last the blessed goal.

(obsolete) To bring to shore.

* Chapman

and made the sea-trod ship arrive them

Verb

(examin)

To observe or inspect carefully or critically.

He examined the crime scene for clues.

She examined the hair sample under a microscope.

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With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get

To check the health or condition of something or someone.

The doctor examined the patient.

To determine the aptitude, skills or qualifications of someone by subjecting them to an examination.

To interrogate.

The witness was examined under oath.