Meaning of BEDRID
| Pronunciation: | | 'bed`rid
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| | Definition: | | [adj] confined to bed (by illness) |
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| | Synonyms: | | bedfast, bedridden, ill, infirm, sick, sick-abed |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Bed"rid`\, Bedridden \Bed"rid`den\, a. [OE. bedrede, AS.
bedreda, bedrida; from bed, bedd, a bed or couch + ridda a
rider; cf. OHG. pettiriso, G. bettrise. See {Bed}, n., and
{Ride}, v. i. ]
Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity. ``Her decrepit,
sick, and bedrid father.'' --Shak. ``The estate of a
bedridden old gentleman.'' --Macaulay.
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