Bedevil
Pronunciation : Be*dev"il
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 1. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment. Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew. Sterne.
2. To spoil; to corrupt. Wright.
t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (p. pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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