RID Copy link • RID 1. Vid. CLEAR, DELIVER. 2. (PROP. past participle) (1) To get rid of anybody, aliquem amovere, removere, amoliri (general terms): aliquem ablegare or amandare (by sending him away with some commission or errand). (The words are found in this connection and order.) aliquem removere atque ablegare (Cic.): aliquem absolvere, dimittere (by satisfying his demands; e.g., creditores (Plin., Ep., 2, 4, 2). To get rid of one’s creditors by giving them security, creditores interventu sponsorum removere. (2) To get rid, or be rid of a thg, solvi aliqua re (to be freed from an obligation, etc.; e.g., of serving in the army, militia): liberari aliqua re (to be freed from it): emergere ex aliqua re (to escape from what one has been, as it were, sunk in; from difficult circumstances, etc.): amoliri: amovere: removere (general terms, to remove; amoliri, by great exertions). To get rid of one’s debts, aere alieno liberari; ex aere alieno emergere; or aere alieno exire: to get rid of expense, sumtum removere.