rid

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rid is also the simple past and past participle of ride.

Examples of rid in a sentence

• John to the intent too rid his diſciples of this errour, ſendeth them to Chryſt, too enquire of hym whether hée were the very Meſſias, or whether ſome other were ſtyll too bée looked for: […]1569, Nicholas Heminge [i.e., Niels Hemmingsen], “The Thirde Sunday in Aduent. The Exposition of the Text.”, in Arthur Golding, transl., A...
• [W]ould I haue giuen him the beſt horſe in Padua to begin his vvoing that vvould thoroughly vvoe her, vved her, and bed her, and ridde the houſe of her.c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies...
• [T]he Godly folke ſhall flocke about mee, and ſhall not ſtint to giue thee [God] thankes, vvhen they ſee that thou riddeſt mee foorth of their daungers, to the high praiſe of thy name, […][1595], “Containing Verie Godly Praiers for Comfort, Strength, and Deliuerie (by Gods Assistance) in All Sorrowes, Tribulations...
• Thus Satan ridded his Hands of ten of the tvvelve Tribes [of Israel]; […]1726, [Daniel Defoe], “Of God’s Calling a Church out of the Midst of a Degenerate World, and of Satan’s New Measures upon that Incident...

All 40 example sentences with rid

Synonyms of rid

• deliver
• disencumber
• quit

Forms of rid

Past tense of rid: rid or ridded

Origin of rid

The verb is derived from Middle English ridden (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear; to complete (something unfinished); to free (someone or something); to relieve (someone); etc.”), probably from Old English *ryddan (“to remove debris, obstructions, etc., from (a place), to clear”) (the past participle form ġeryd is attested), from Proto-Germanic *riudijaną (“to clear”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hrewdʰ- (“to clear land”), or possibly from *Hrew- (“to dig out, tear out; to open; to acquire”). The verb was probably also influenced by the following: * Middle English redden (“to rescue (someone), deliver, save; to rid (someone) of a burden; to free (someone)”) (from which redd (obsolete except Northern England, Scotland) is partly derived), from Old English hreddan (“to deliver, rescue, save; to free; to recover; to take away”), from Proto-West Germanic *hraddjan (“to rescue, save”), from Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (“to rescue, save; to free; to loosen”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“to move quickly; to rattle; to shake”); and * Middle English reden (“to arrange; to get ready, prepare; to put in order, tidy; to remove debris...

The adjective is derived from rid, the obsolete past participle form of ride.

Words formed from rid

• be rid of
• get rid of
• red
• riddance
• ridder
• ridding
• rid out
• rid up
• unrid
• uprid

Phrases with rid

• is rid of
• got rid of
• was rid of
• been rid of
• get rid off
• gets rid of
• being rid of
• gotten rid of
• getting rid of
• rid a horse foaled by an acorn

Words that rhyme with rid

• Madrid
• lid
• grid
• kid
• skid
• fid
• bid
• forbid
• quid
• squid
• mid
• misbid

Questions about rid

What does rid mean?

Rid means followed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance.

How do you use rid in a sentence?

John to the intent too rid his diſciples of this errour, ſendeth them to Chryſt, too enquire of hym whether hée were the very Meſſias, or whether ſome other were ſtyll too bée looked for: […]

What part of speech is rid?

Rid can be a verb, an adjective or a noun.

How do you pronounce rid?

Rid is pronounced /ɹɪd/ (UK).

What is the past tense of rid?

The past tense of rid is rid.