Bedevil

[bɪ'dev(ə)l] or [bɪ'dɛvl]

Definition

(v. t.) To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.

(v. t.) To spoil; to corrupt.

Typist: Shelby

Definition

v.t. to throw into confusion: to 'play the devil' with: to torment: to treat with devilish malignity.—pass. to be possessed of a devil to be devil-rid.—n. Bedev′ilment.

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