Relived vs Rid - What's the difference?
relived | rid |
(relive)
(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.
released from an obligation, problem, etc. (usually followed by "of")
To free from something.
* 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, "
(obsolete) (ride)
* Thackeray
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
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*relive
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*rid
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Etymology 1
Fusion of (etyl) . More at redd.Adjective
(-)- I’m glad to be rid of that stupid nickname.
Verb
- We're trying to rid the world of poverty.
- 1170', King Henry II (offhand remark) — "Will no one ' rid me of this troublesome priest?"
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.
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* get rid ofEtymology 2
Verb
(head)- He rid to the end of the village, where he alighted.