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ridded |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rid \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["a]dda, 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
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