Rid
Rid , imperfect and past participle
imp. & past participle of Ride, v. i. [Archaic]
He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted.
Rid , transitive verb
[Old English ridden, redden, Anglo-Saxon hreddan to deliver, liberate; akin to Dutch & LG. redden, German retten, Danish redde, Swedish radda, and perhaps to Sanskrit {not transcribed}rath to loosen.]
1.
To save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of. [Obsolete]
Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
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.
3.
To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy. [Obsolete]
I will red evil beasts out of the land.
Death's men, you have rid this sweet young prince!
4.
To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish. [Rare]
Willingness rids way.
Mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves were at our tails.
Collocations (2)
To be rid of , to be free or delivered from.
To get rid of , to get deliverance from; to free one's self from.