What is "ridded"

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.

vb. (en-simple pastrid)

1. v. relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests" [syn: free, disembarrass]

2. [also: ridding, ridded]

See rid