Rid , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rid or Ridded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Ridding.]
[OE. ridden, redden, AS. hreddan to deliver, liberate; akin to D. & LG. redden, G. retten, Dan. redde, Sw. rädda, and perhaps to Skr. &?;rath to loosen.] 1. To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of. [Obs.]
Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Ps.
lxxxii. 4. 2. To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by
of. "Rid all the sea of pirates." Shak.
In never ridded myself of an
overmastering and brooding sense of some
great calamity traveling
toward me.
De Quincey. 3. To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy. [Obs.]
I will red evil beasts out of the land.
Lev. xxvi. 6.
Death's men, you have
rid this sweet young prince!
Shak.
4. To get
over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish. [R.] "Willingness rids
way." Shak.
Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails.
J. Webster. To be rid of, to be
free or delivered from. -- To get rid of,
to get deliverance from; to free one's self from.
Rid (?), imp. & p. p. of
Ride, v. i. [Archaic]
He
rid to the end of the village, where he alighted.
Thackeray.
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