v. 使摆脱；使去掉（rid 的现在分词形式）

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.