Rid

Rid - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

RID, pret of ride.

RID, v.t. pret. rid; pp. id.

1. To free; to deliver; properly, to separate, and thus to deliver or save.

That he might rid him out of their hands. Gen 37.

I will rid you out of their bondage. Exo 6.

2. To separate; to drive away.

I will rid evil beasts out of the land. Lev 26.

[This use is not common.]

3. To free; to clear; to disencumber; as, to rid one of his care. It is not easy to rid the sea of pirates.

Resolv'd at once to rid himself of pain.

4. To dispatch.

For willingness rids away.

5. To drive away; to remove by violence; to destroy.

Ah death's men! you have rid this sweet young prince.

RID, pp or a. Free; clear; as, to be rid of trouble.

To get rid of, to free one's self.

Riddance - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

RID'DANCE, n.

1. Deliverance; a setting free; as riddance from all adversity.

2. Disencumbrance.

3. The act of clearing away.

Thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field. Lev 23.

rid, rid'-ans: "Rid" originally meant "rescue" (the King James Version Ge 37:22; Ex 6:6; Ps 82:4; 144:7,11), whence the meaning "remove" or "clean out" (Le 26:6 the King James Version, with "riddance" in Le 23:22; Ze 1:18). The word occurs in the American Standard Revised Version and in the English Revised Version in Ex 6:6.