Rid

imp. & p.	1.	imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted. - Thackeray.
v. t.	1.	To save; to rescue; to deliver; - with out of. [imp. & p. p. Rid or Ridded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ridding.] 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. 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. 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. 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.

Verb

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rid - relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests" Synonyms: disembarrass, free

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