• (v. t.) To drive away; to remove by effort or violence; to make away with; to destroy. • (v. t.) To get over; to dispose of; to dispatch; to finish. • (v. t.) To free; to clear; to disencumber; -- followed by of. • (imp. & p. p.) of Rid • of Ride • imp. & p. p. of Ride, v. i. • (v. t.) To save; to rescue; ... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/rid/
Rid imperfect & past participle of Ride , intransitive verb [ Archaic] « He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted.» Thackeray. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/80
Rid transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Rid or Ridded ; present participle & verbal noun Ridding .] [ Middle English ridden , redden , Anglo-Saxon hreddan to deliver, liberate; akin to D. & LG. ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/R/80