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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  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.
  
              Bedeviled and used worse than St. Bartholomew.
                                                    --Sterne.
  
     2. To spoil; to corrupt. --Wright.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  bedevilled
       See bedevil

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bedevilled
     alt.
     (lb en British) (infl of en bedevil  ed-form)
     vb.
     (lb en British) (infl of en bedevil  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  bedevilled
     alt.
     (lb en British) (infl of en bedevil  ed-form)
     vb.
     (lb en British) (infl of en bedevil  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  bedevilled
     alt.
     (lb en British) (infl of en bedevil  ed-form)
     vb.
     (lb en British) (infl of en bedevil  ed-form)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  bedevilled
     alt.
     (lb en British) (infl of en bedevil  ed-form)
     vb.
     (lb en British) (infl of en bedevil  ed-form)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Bedevilled /bɪdˈɛvəld/
  عرقل