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Webster 1913 Edition
Bedridden
{
Bed′ridˊ
,Bed′ridˊden
, }Adj.
[OE. , and ]
bedrede
, AS. bedreda
, bedrida
; from bed
, bedd
, a bed or couch + ridda
a rider; cf. OHG. pettiriso
, G. bettrise
. See Bed
, Noun.
Ride
, Verb.
I.
Confined to the bed by sickness or infirmity.
“Her decrepit, sick, and bedrid father.” Shak.
“The estate of a bedridden old gentleman.” Macaulay.