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Be·dev·il v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedevilled (░); p. pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling or Bedevilling.]
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.
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bedevil
v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: torment, rag, crucify, dun, frustrate]
2: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think
clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This
question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled
even the teacher" [syn: confuse, throw, fox, befuddle,
fuddle, confound, discombobulate]
[also: bedevilling, bedevilled]