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Relived vs Rid - What's the difference?

relived | rid |

As verbs the difference between relived and rid

is that relived is (relive) while rid is to free from something or rid can be (obsolete) (ride).

As an adjective rid is

released from an obligation, problem, etc (usually followed by "of").

relived

English

Verb

(head)
  • (relive)
  • Anagrams

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    relive

    English

    Verb

  • (obsolete) To bring back to life; to revive, resuscitate.
  • *1590 , (Edmund Spenser), The Faerie Queene , III.4:
  • *:Had she not beene devoide of mortall slime, / Shee should not then have bene relyv'd againe [...].
  • To come back to life.
  • To experience (something) again; to live over again.
  • :I relive that horrible accident every night and wake screaming, just as I screamed when it happened.
  • Anagrams

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    rid

    English

    Etymology 1

    Fusion of (etyl) . More at redd.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • released from an obligation, problem, etc. (usually followed by "of")
  • I’m glad to be rid of that stupid nickname.

    Verb

  • To free from something.
  • We're trying to rid the world of poverty.
    1170', King Henry II (offhand remark) — "Will no one ' rid me of this troublesome priest?"
  • * 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, " Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:
  • All the billions in the world and Manchester City still cannot rid themselves of the most persistent thorn in their side.
    Derived terms
    * get rid of

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    (head)
  • (obsolete) (ride)
  • * Thackeray
  • He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted.