He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted.
Thackeray.
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. rädda, 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.]