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.-to reach a point by progressive motion; to gain or compass an object by effort, practice, study, inquiry, reasoning, or experiment.-to come; said of time; as, the time arrived.-to happen or occur.-to bring to shore.-to reach; to come to.-arrival.