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Webster 1913 Edition
Ridden
Rid′den
,p.
p.
Ride.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ridden
RID'DEN
,Definition 2025
ridden
ridden
See also: -ridden
English
Verb
ridden
- past participle of ride
Adjective
ridden (comparative more ridden, superlative most ridden)
- Full of.
- Oppressed by.
Usage notes
- Usually used as combining form: guilt-ridden, etc.
Etymology 2
See rid
Verb
ridden
- (rare, nonstandard) past participle of rid
- 1752, Journal of Captain William Trent from Logstown to Pickawillany:
- As the New York traders to reach the Miami country passed through that of the Iroquois, the French devised a plan, which, if successful, would soon have ridden them of the English encroachments.
- 1752, Journal of Captain William Trent from Logstown to Pickawillany: