| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  r d |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: rid or rid·ded, rid·ding, rids
To free from: He was finally able to rid himself of all financial worries. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English ridden, from Old Norse rydhja, to clear land, from hrj dha, to strip, clear. | | OTHER FORMS: | rid der —NOUN
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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