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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

BED'RID
BED'RIDDEN, a. [bed and ride.] Confined to the bed, by age or infirmity.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: confined to bed (by illness) [syn: bedfast, bedridden, bedrid, sick-abed]

Merriam Webster's

adjective see bedridden

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Bedrid 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.