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Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Bedevil \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.
[1913 Webster]
Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew.
--Sterne.
[1913 Webster]
2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bedevil
v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {bedevil}, {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}, {bedevil}, {confound}, {discombobulate}]
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