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bed⋅rid

  [bed-rid]
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–adjective
1. bedridden.
2. worn-out; exhausted; decrepit.
Origin:
bef. 1000; ME bedrede, OE bedreda, bedrida, equiv. to bed bed + -rida rider, akin to ride
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bed·rid·den   (běd'rĭd'n)   
adj.  Confined to bed because of illness or infirmity.

[Middle English bedreden, from Old English bedrida : bed, bed; see bed + rida, rider (from rīdan, to ride; see ride).]
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