reach

reach
{{11}}reach (n.) 1520s, from REACH (Cf. reach) (v.); earliest use is of stretches of water.
{{12}}reach (v.) O.E. ræcan "to extend, hold forth," also "to succeed in touching," from W.Gmc. *raikjan "stretch out the hand" (Cf. O.Fris. reka, M.Du. reiken), from P.Gmc. *raikijanau, perhaps from PIE root *reig- "to stretch out" (Cf. Skt. rjyati "he stretches himself," riag "torture" (by racking); Gk. oregein "to reach, extend;" Lith. raizius "to stretch oneself;" O.Ir. rigim "I stretch"), related to base *reg- "to rule, to lead straight, to put right" (see REGAL (Cf. regal)). Shakespeare uses the now-obsolete past tense form raught (O.E. ræhte). Meaning "arrive at" is early 14c.; that of "succeed in influencing" is from 1660s. Related: Reached; reaching. Reach-me-down "ready-made" (of clothes) is recorded from 1862, from notion of being on the rack in a finished state.

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