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ridded = ridRid \ 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. r[ aum] dda, and perhaps to Skr. ? rath to loosen.] 1. To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked. -- Ps. lxxxii. 4. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of. " Rid all the sea of pirates." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] In never ridded myself of an overmastering and brooding sense of some great calamity traveling toward me. -- De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] I will red evil beasts out of the land. -- Lev. xxvi. 6. [ 1913 Webster] Death' s men, you have rid this sweet young prince! -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish. [ R.] " Willingness rids way." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails. -- J. Webster. [ 1913 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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