bedevilling

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bedevilling - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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