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.
   raumdda, and perhaps to skr. ?rath to loosen.
   1. to save; to rescue; to deliver; -- with out of. obs.
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            deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand
            of the wicked.                        --ps. lxxxii.
                                                  4.
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   2. to free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of. "rid
      all the sea of pirates." --shak.
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            in never ridded myself of an overmastering and
            brooding sense of some great calamity traveling
            toward me.                            --de quincey.
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   3. to drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make
      away with; to destroy. obs.
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            i will red evil beasts out of the land. --lev. xxvi.
                                                  6.
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            death's men, you have rid this sweet young prince
                                                  --shak.
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   4. to get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish. r.
      "willingness rids way." --shak.
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            mirth will make us rid ground faster than if thieves
            were at our tails.                    --j. webster.
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   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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see also:
rid ridded ridding to be rid of to get rid of