Verb

(ensu)

(obsolete) To follow (a leader, inclination etc.).

* 1596 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , IV.ii:

to ripenesse of mans state they grew: / Then shewing forth signes of their fathers blood, / They loued armes, and knighthood did ensew , / Seeking aduentures [...].

* Golding

To ensue his example in doing the like mischief.

*1603 , (John Florio), translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays , III.11:

*:Oh how many changes are like to ensue this reformation!

Give three freshmen six bottles of wine, and hilarity will ensue .

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