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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Bedevil

/bĭd-ĕv'-əl/ · Be·dev·il · IPA /bɪˈdɛvəl/
01 v. t. To throw into utter disorder and confusion, as if by the agency of evil spirits; to bring under diabolical influence; to torment.
imp. & p. p. Bedevilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Bedeviling
  1. 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. 2.
    To spoil; to corrupt.