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.