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Rid, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rid or Ridded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ridding.]
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.”
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.”
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.
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rid
v : relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests" [syn: free, disembarrass]
[also: ridding, ridded]