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bedevil(dictionary)

bedevil (iou)



bedevil verb trans. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. L16.
[from BE- 3, 4 + DEVIL noun.]
Possess (as) with a devil. Chiefly as bedevilled ppl adjective. L16.
Carlyle One age, he is hagridden, bewitched; the next, priestridden, befooled; in all ages, bedevilled.
Transform mischievously; corrupt, spoil. L17.
Disraeli So bedevil a bottle of Geisenheim..you wouldn't know it from the greenest Tokay.
Treat with diabolical violence or abuse; drive frantic; plague, afflict. M18.
Byron My poor..Muse..they have..so be-deviled with their..ribaldry. S. Rushdie Confused thinking was to bedevil much of his career.
bedevilment noun E19.