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.